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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Social Media Research
  • Memory Studies

Background:

  • Autobiographical memory serves directive, self, and social functions.
  • Social media platforms like Facebook act as repositories for personal information.
  • Personality traits, as per the Five Factor Model, may influence memory functions and social media use.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the associations between autobiographical memory functions, personality traits, and Facebook mementos.
  • To explore how personality traits predict the use of directive, self, and social memory functions.
  • To examine the mediating role of autobiographical memory functions in the relationship between personality and social media data.

Main Methods:

  • Path analysis using AMOS was employed.
  • Data were collected from 193 Italian Facebook users via questionnaires.
  • Facebook mementos were operationalized as textual (status updates) and visual (photos) data.

Main Results:

  • Significant positive associations were found between personality traits (extraversion, openness, neuroticism, conscientiousness) and Facebook mementos.
  • Extraversion and openness positively predicted all autobiographical memory functions (directive, self, social).
  • Neuroticism predicted directive and self-functions; conscientiousness predicted the directive function.
  • The self-continuity function mediated the relationship between extraversion, neuroticism, openness, and photo uploads.

Conclusions:

  • Individual differences in personality significantly shape how people utilize autobiographical memory functions.
  • These memory motivations are deeply connected to using social media as a tool for storing personal textual and visual information.
  • The study underscores the role of personality in the interplay between memory, self-perception, and social media engagement.