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Objective: To investigate the relationship between, self-esteem and face book addictions among university students and to explore big five personality traits (extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism, and openness to experience, conscientiousness) as predictor of face book addiction. Methodology: This correlational study was conducted in University of Punjab, Pakistan from September 2019 to January 2020. It included 200 university students of both gender with age range 18 – 25 years randomly selected. Facebook Addiction Scale, Mini International Personality Item Pool, and Rosenberg self-esteem scale were used. Results: Out of 200 participants, male score for face book addiction was 11.3768 ± 5.21621 and female score 10.0992 ± 4.93785. Face book addiction was related in positive direction and face book addiction had positive effect with .021 for extraversion personality traits. Conclusion: There was a positive correlation between Facebook addictions and self-esteem. Personality trait (extraversion) was positive predictor of face book addiction among university students. Keywords: Facebook addiction, self-esteem, personality traits, extroversion, agreeableness.

Hifza Sehar, Noshaba Razaq, Shamsha Kanwal, Arbaz Khan Jogezai, Muhammad Tanveer Ashraf, Muhammad Tehzeeb. (2022) Relationship of personality traits and self-esteem with Facebook addiction among university students, , Volume 47, Issue 1.
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