WhatsApp Status Content and Frequency as a Predictor of Personality Trait

Roopal Dhar; Capt. (ex) Deepika Chamoli; Dr. R Kumar

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| Published: May 15, 2017

WhatsApp Status Content and Frequency as a Predictor of Personality Trait

Roopal Dhar

Student Btech+Mtech (Dual) Biotech, Amity University Noida, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Capt. (ex) Deepika Chamoli

Research scholar AIPS, Amity University Noida, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. R Kumar

Associate Professor, Amity University, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.043/20170403

DOI: 10.25215/0403.043

ABSTRACT

Present article aims to establish a relation between the content of whatsapp status, frequency of change and personality. 50 Subjects from NCR are studied for the same. 25 subjects are above 25 years and 25 below 25 years of age. Whatsapp status of the people has been subjected to content analysis backed by the score on NEO five inventory and vice versa. The result shows that subjects who are changing their status frequently (multiple times in two months) with demotivating content are high on neuroticism and extraversion whereas subjects who are matured and have motivating content have rated high on agreeableness and conscientiousness.

Keywords

WhatsApp, Frequency, Predictor, Personality Trait

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How to cite this article: Dhar R, Chamoli D, Kumar R (2017), WhatsApp Status Content and Frequency as a Predictor of Personality Trait, International Journal of Indian Psychology, Volume 4, Issue 3, DOI: 10.25215/0403.043, DIP:18.01.043/20170403