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| Published: November 05, 2022
Effect of WhatsApp on Personality of Adults
Research scholar, Department of Psychology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut U.P India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.019.20221004
DOI: 10.25215/1004.019
ABSTRACT
The purpose of the present investigation was to study the effect of using WhatsApp on personality of adults. For this purpose, two scales were used, personality scale and WhatsApp scale. Personality was measured with the help of personality scale constructed by Maccra and Costa and using WhatsApp scale. The sample consisted of 100 subjects (50 boys and 50 girls). Randomized group design was used in this study. There were two independent variables. The first independent variable was WhatsApp varied at two levels i.e., more use and less use. The second independent variable was gender also varied at two levels i.e., boys and girls. Mean, S.D. and t-test was applied for analyzing the data. On the basis of obtained results it can be said that gender has no significant effect on personality traits and WhatsApp using also has no significant impact on personality.
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Received: July 30, 2022; Revision Received: October 18, 2022; Accepted: November 05, 2022
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.019.20221004
10.25215/1004.019
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Published in Volume 10, Issue 4, October-December, 2022