Examining the Postdictive Validity of Self-Report Big Five Personality Traits with Objective Recordings of Online Behaviors: A Ten-Year Retrospective Study Using Facebook Page Likes.

The present study investigated the postdictive validity of self-report Big Five personality traits using over ten years of recording of online behaviors, namely Facebook Page Likes. We explored how personality traits correlate with interests and preferences expressed through Facebook Likes recorded up to ten years before the personality assessment and examined the consistency of these correlations over time. The recruited sample consisted of 601 adult Facebook users, predominantly young adults, with 73.

Involvement in cyberbullying events and empathy are related to emotional responses to simulated social pain tasks.

Introduction: This study aims to explore the relationship between cyberbullying involvement either as a perpetrator or a victim and emotional responses to virtual social exclusion and inclusion. Previous research has predominantly focused on the impacts of in-person bullying. Our study shifts this focus to the cyber realm.

Correction: Fabris et al. Exploring Multivariate Profiles of Psychological Distress and Empathy in Early Adolescent Victims, Bullies, and Bystanders Involved in Cyberbullying Episodes. 2022, , 9871.

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Instagram Stories Unveiled: Exploring Links with Psychological Distress, Personality, and Gender.

Instagram is one of the most used platforms, and ephemeral stories are proving to be the most used medium for users to share content on the platform. However, there have been few studies examining this type of content in relation to emotional well-being. This study examined the association between the number of published Instagram stories, psychological well-being, personality traits, and gender in a sample of 734 Instagram users from Italy, including 281 men and 453 women, with a mean age of 25.