It is now known that nearly half of the toll that illness takes in developed countries is linked ... more It is now known that nearly half of the toll that illness takes in developed countries is linked to four unhealthy behaviors: smoking, excess alcohol intake, poor diet, and physical inactivity. These common risk behaviors cause preventable, delayed illness that then manifests as chronic disease, requiring extended medical care with associated financial costs. Chronic disease already accounts for 75% of U.S. health-care costs, foreshadowing an unsustainable financial burden for the aging population [1]. We are facing an urgent need to re-engineer health systems to improve public health through behavior change, and technology-supported behavioral change interventions will be a part of 21st-century health care. As new technical capabilities to observe behavior continuously in context make it possible to tailor interventions in real time, the way we understand and try to influence behavior will change fundamentally.
Desde o seu surgimento, em meados de 1960, a Internet evoluiu de um simples meio de ligar algumas... more Desde o seu surgimento, em meados de 1960, a Internet evoluiu de um simples meio de ligar algumas universidades em rede, para uma rede social global que conecta milhões de indivíduos (Elmer – Dewitt, 1995). Ao longo das décadas a Internet tem vindo a exercer um grande impacto sobre a forma como os indivíduos trabalham, comunicam e se relacionam (Keisler, Siegel, & McGuire, 1984). Assim, Os processos psicossociológicos vividos pelo indivíduo na utilização da Internet representam domínios de estudo necessários para compreender novos comportamentos adoptados nas interacções online. A presente investigação teve como objectivo explorar as atitudes dos indivíduos face ao Relacionamento e ao Anonimato na utilização da Internet. Pretendeu-se ainda explorar as relações entre essas dimensões e os Traços de Personalidade avançados pela teoria dos cinco factores de McCrae e Costa (1985). Os resultados sugerem que (1) os indivíduos apresentam atitudes negativas face ao relacionamento na Internet; (2) indivíduos do sexo feminino apresentam atitudes mais negativas face ao anonimato na Internet, por comparação a indivíduos do sexo masculino; (3) os indivíduos do sexo feminino mais conscienciosos manifestam atitudes mais negativas face ao anonimato e ao relacionamento na Internet.
Palavras Chave: Anonimato, Relacionamento, Personalidade, Internet e Adolescentes.
Since its emergence in the mid 1960s, the Internet has evolved from being a simple networks media, connecting a reduced number of universities, to become a global social network that interconnects millions of individuals (Elmer-Dewitt, 1995). During the last decades, the Internet has had a major impact on the way human beings work, communicate and relate to each other (Keisler, Siegel, & McGuire, 1984). Hence, to comprehend the new emerging behaviors in online interaction, psycho-sociological processes experienced by individuals as they use the Internet present as an essential research area. The aim of this research consists in investigating the attitudes toward Relationship and Anonymity on the Internet. This study also intends to explore the relations between these dimensions and Personality Traits of the five factors theory of McCrae and Costa (1985). The results suggest that (1) individuals display negative attitudes to Internet relationships; (2) compared to male individuals, female population show stronger signs of negative attitudes towards anonymity; (3) in more conscientious female individuals, negative attitudes towards anonymity and Internet relationship is even more evident.
Key Words: Anonymity, Relationship, Personality, Internet and Adolescents.
As características de conectividade e participação presentes no contexto sociocultural e tecnológ... more As características de conectividade e participação presentes no contexto sociocultural e tecnológico da Internet, têm desencadeado a emergência de comunidades humanas online, marcadas por novas necessidades e formas de interagir com as pessoas, a informação e o conhecimento. Tem-se verificado um crescendo na investigação empírica que relaciona o uso da Internet com aspectos da Personalidade (e.g., Guadagno, et al., 2006; Hills & Argyle, 2003). A presente investigação teve por objectivos (1) relacionar os traços de personalidade identificados na teoria dos cinco factores (McCrae & Costa, 1985) (Neuroticismo, Extroversão, Abertura à Experiência, Conscienciosidade e Amabilidade) com o uso de serviços e software da Internet, agrupados segundo as dimensões: social, informação, lazer e compras online, (2) analisar as diferenças encontradas nestas relações ao nível do género sexual. Foi construído e aplicado um questionário a 64 estudantes do 1.º ano do ensino universitário. Os resultados obtidos evidenciaram que (1) indivíduos mais neuróticos tendem a não realizar compras online; (2) os recursos de informação são mais frequentemente utilizados por indivíduos extrovertidos, conscienciosos e amáveis; (3) indivíduos do género masculino extrovertidos utilizam mais frequentemente redes sociais e serviços de comunicação; (4) os serviços de lazer são menos utilizados por indivíduos mais abertos à experiência.
Palavras-chave: Uso da Internet, Traços de Personalidade, Teoria dos cinco factores, Género sexual.
Internet connectivity and participation has caused the emergence of online communities, characterized by new needs, and new ways to deal with information, knowledge and other individuals. A growing body of research has recently focused on the relationship between personality and internet use (e.g., Guadagno, et al., 2006; Hills & Argyle, 2003). The present study is aimed at: 1) exploring the relationship between personality dimensions (like Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Conscientiousness and Agreeableness) and the use of internet services, whether they are linked to sociability, information, entertainment or business (e.g. online shopping). A questionnaire was administered to 64 undergraduate students. Results show that: 1) neurotic participants are less likely to purchase online; 2) participants who score high on Extraversion, Conscientiousness and on Agreeableness, use more information services; 3) extraverted men use more social network and communication services; 4) participants who score high on Openness are less likely to use entertainment services.
Keywords: Internet use, psychological traits, Big Five, gender.
It is now known that nearly half of the toll that illness takes in developed countries is linked ... more It is now known that nearly half of the toll that illness takes in developed countries is linked to four unhealthy behaviors: smoking, excess alcohol intake, poor diet, and physical inactivity. These common risk behaviors cause preventable, delayed illness that then manifests as chronic disease, requiring extended medical care with associated financial costs. Chronic disease already accounts for 75% of U.S. health-care costs, foreshadowing an unsustainable financial burden for the aging population [1]. We are facing an urgent need to re-engineer health systems to improve public health through behavior change, and technology-supported behavioral change interventions will be a part of 21st-century health care. As new technical capabilities to observe behavior continuously in context make it possible to tailor interventions in real time, the way we understand and try to influence behavior will change fundamentally.
Desde o seu surgimento, em meados de 1960, a Internet evoluiu de um simples meio de ligar algumas... more Desde o seu surgimento, em meados de 1960, a Internet evoluiu de um simples meio de ligar algumas universidades em rede, para uma rede social global que conecta milhões de indivíduos (Elmer – Dewitt, 1995). Ao longo das décadas a Internet tem vindo a exercer um grande impacto sobre a forma como os indivíduos trabalham, comunicam e se relacionam (Keisler, Siegel, & McGuire, 1984). Assim, Os processos psicossociológicos vividos pelo indivíduo na utilização da Internet representam domínios de estudo necessários para compreender novos comportamentos adoptados nas interacções online. A presente investigação teve como objectivo explorar as atitudes dos indivíduos face ao Relacionamento e ao Anonimato na utilização da Internet. Pretendeu-se ainda explorar as relações entre essas dimensões e os Traços de Personalidade avançados pela teoria dos cinco factores de McCrae e Costa (1985). Os resultados sugerem que (1) os indivíduos apresentam atitudes negativas face ao relacionamento na Internet; (2) indivíduos do sexo feminino apresentam atitudes mais negativas face ao anonimato na Internet, por comparação a indivíduos do sexo masculino; (3) os indivíduos do sexo feminino mais conscienciosos manifestam atitudes mais negativas face ao anonimato e ao relacionamento na Internet.
Palavras Chave: Anonimato, Relacionamento, Personalidade, Internet e Adolescentes.
Since its emergence in the mid 1960s, the Internet has evolved from being a simple networks media, connecting a reduced number of universities, to become a global social network that interconnects millions of individuals (Elmer-Dewitt, 1995). During the last decades, the Internet has had a major impact on the way human beings work, communicate and relate to each other (Keisler, Siegel, & McGuire, 1984). Hence, to comprehend the new emerging behaviors in online interaction, psycho-sociological processes experienced by individuals as they use the Internet present as an essential research area. The aim of this research consists in investigating the attitudes toward Relationship and Anonymity on the Internet. This study also intends to explore the relations between these dimensions and Personality Traits of the five factors theory of McCrae and Costa (1985). The results suggest that (1) individuals display negative attitudes to Internet relationships; (2) compared to male individuals, female population show stronger signs of negative attitudes towards anonymity; (3) in more conscientious female individuals, negative attitudes towards anonymity and Internet relationship is even more evident.
Key Words: Anonymity, Relationship, Personality, Internet and Adolescents.
As características de conectividade e participação presentes no contexto sociocultural e tecnológ... more As características de conectividade e participação presentes no contexto sociocultural e tecnológico da Internet, têm desencadeado a emergência de comunidades humanas online, marcadas por novas necessidades e formas de interagir com as pessoas, a informação e o conhecimento. Tem-se verificado um crescendo na investigação empírica que relaciona o uso da Internet com aspectos da Personalidade (e.g., Guadagno, et al., 2006; Hills & Argyle, 2003). A presente investigação teve por objectivos (1) relacionar os traços de personalidade identificados na teoria dos cinco factores (McCrae & Costa, 1985) (Neuroticismo, Extroversão, Abertura à Experiência, Conscienciosidade e Amabilidade) com o uso de serviços e software da Internet, agrupados segundo as dimensões: social, informação, lazer e compras online, (2) analisar as diferenças encontradas nestas relações ao nível do género sexual. Foi construído e aplicado um questionário a 64 estudantes do 1.º ano do ensino universitário. Os resultados obtidos evidenciaram que (1) indivíduos mais neuróticos tendem a não realizar compras online; (2) os recursos de informação são mais frequentemente utilizados por indivíduos extrovertidos, conscienciosos e amáveis; (3) indivíduos do género masculino extrovertidos utilizam mais frequentemente redes sociais e serviços de comunicação; (4) os serviços de lazer são menos utilizados por indivíduos mais abertos à experiência.
Palavras-chave: Uso da Internet, Traços de Personalidade, Teoria dos cinco factores, Género sexual.
Internet connectivity and participation has caused the emergence of online communities, characterized by new needs, and new ways to deal with information, knowledge and other individuals. A growing body of research has recently focused on the relationship between personality and internet use (e.g., Guadagno, et al., 2006; Hills & Argyle, 2003). The present study is aimed at: 1) exploring the relationship between personality dimensions (like Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Conscientiousness and Agreeableness) and the use of internet services, whether they are linked to sociability, information, entertainment or business (e.g. online shopping). A questionnaire was administered to 64 undergraduate students. Results show that: 1) neurotic participants are less likely to purchase online; 2) participants who score high on Extraversion, Conscientiousness and on Agreeableness, use more information services; 3) extraverted men use more social network and communication services; 4) participants who score high on Openness are less likely to use entertainment services.
Keywords: Internet use, psychological traits, Big Five, gender.
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A presente investigação teve como objectivo explorar as atitudes dos indivíduos face ao Relacionamento e ao Anonimato na utilização da Internet. Pretendeu-se ainda explorar as relações entre essas dimensões e os Traços de Personalidade avançados pela teoria dos cinco factores de McCrae e Costa (1985). Os resultados sugerem que (1) os indivíduos apresentam atitudes negativas face ao relacionamento na Internet; (2) indivíduos do sexo feminino apresentam atitudes mais negativas face ao anonimato na Internet, por comparação a indivíduos do sexo masculino; (3) os indivíduos do sexo feminino mais conscienciosos manifestam atitudes mais negativas face ao anonimato e ao relacionamento na Internet.
Palavras Chave: Anonimato, Relacionamento, Personalidade, Internet e Adolescentes.
Since its emergence in the mid 1960s, the Internet has evolved from being a simple networks media, connecting a reduced number of universities, to become a global social network that interconnects millions of individuals (Elmer-Dewitt, 1995). During the last decades, the Internet has had a major impact on the way human beings work, communicate and relate to each other (Keisler, Siegel, & McGuire, 1984). Hence, to comprehend the new emerging behaviors in online interaction, psycho-sociological processes experienced by individuals as they use the Internet present as an essential research area.
The aim of this research consists in investigating the attitudes toward Relationship and Anonymity on the Internet. This study also intends to explore the relations between these dimensions and Personality Traits of the five factors theory of McCrae and Costa (1985). The results suggest that (1) individuals display negative attitudes to Internet relationships; (2) compared to male individuals, female population show stronger signs of negative attitudes towards anonymity; (3) in more conscientious female individuals, negative attitudes towards anonymity and Internet relationship is even more evident.
Key Words: Anonymity, Relationship, Personality, Internet and Adolescents.
Palavras-chave: Uso da Internet, Traços de Personalidade, Teoria dos cinco factores, Género sexual.
Internet connectivity and participation has caused the emergence of online communities, characterized by new needs, and new ways to deal with information, knowledge and other individuals. A growing body of research has recently focused on the relationship between personality and internet use (e.g., Guadagno, et al., 2006; Hills & Argyle, 2003). The present study is aimed at: 1) exploring the relationship between personality dimensions (like Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Conscientiousness and Agreeableness) and the use of internet services, whether they are linked to sociability, information, entertainment or business (e.g. online shopping). A questionnaire was administered to 64 undergraduate students. Results show that: 1) neurotic participants are less likely to purchase online; 2) participants who score high on Extraversion, Conscientiousness and on Agreeableness, use more information services; 3) extraverted men use more social network and communication services; 4) participants who score high on Openness are less likely to use entertainment services.
Keywords: Internet use, psychological traits, Big Five, gender.
A presente investigação teve como objectivo explorar as atitudes dos indivíduos face ao Relacionamento e ao Anonimato na utilização da Internet. Pretendeu-se ainda explorar as relações entre essas dimensões e os Traços de Personalidade avançados pela teoria dos cinco factores de McCrae e Costa (1985). Os resultados sugerem que (1) os indivíduos apresentam atitudes negativas face ao relacionamento na Internet; (2) indivíduos do sexo feminino apresentam atitudes mais negativas face ao anonimato na Internet, por comparação a indivíduos do sexo masculino; (3) os indivíduos do sexo feminino mais conscienciosos manifestam atitudes mais negativas face ao anonimato e ao relacionamento na Internet.
Palavras Chave: Anonimato, Relacionamento, Personalidade, Internet e Adolescentes.
Since its emergence in the mid 1960s, the Internet has evolved from being a simple networks media, connecting a reduced number of universities, to become a global social network that interconnects millions of individuals (Elmer-Dewitt, 1995). During the last decades, the Internet has had a major impact on the way human beings work, communicate and relate to each other (Keisler, Siegel, & McGuire, 1984). Hence, to comprehend the new emerging behaviors in online interaction, psycho-sociological processes experienced by individuals as they use the Internet present as an essential research area.
The aim of this research consists in investigating the attitudes toward Relationship and Anonymity on the Internet. This study also intends to explore the relations between these dimensions and Personality Traits of the five factors theory of McCrae and Costa (1985). The results suggest that (1) individuals display negative attitudes to Internet relationships; (2) compared to male individuals, female population show stronger signs of negative attitudes towards anonymity; (3) in more conscientious female individuals, negative attitudes towards anonymity and Internet relationship is even more evident.
Key Words: Anonymity, Relationship, Personality, Internet and Adolescents.
Palavras-chave: Uso da Internet, Traços de Personalidade, Teoria dos cinco factores, Género sexual.
Internet connectivity and participation has caused the emergence of online communities, characterized by new needs, and new ways to deal with information, knowledge and other individuals. A growing body of research has recently focused on the relationship between personality and internet use (e.g., Guadagno, et al., 2006; Hills & Argyle, 2003). The present study is aimed at: 1) exploring the relationship between personality dimensions (like Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Conscientiousness and Agreeableness) and the use of internet services, whether they are linked to sociability, information, entertainment or business (e.g. online shopping). A questionnaire was administered to 64 undergraduate students. Results show that: 1) neurotic participants are less likely to purchase online; 2) participants who score high on Extraversion, Conscientiousness and on Agreeableness, use more information services; 3) extraverted men use more social network and communication services; 4) participants who score high on Openness are less likely to use entertainment services.
Keywords: Internet use, psychological traits, Big Five, gender.