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Citation - Scopus: 20
Study addiction and ‘dark’ personality traits: a cross-sectional survey study among emerging adults
(Routledge, 2021) Kağan Kircaburun; Irfan Süral; Evita March; Sabah Balta; Emrah Emirtekin; Mark D. Griffiths; Süral, İrfan; Kircaburun, Kagan; Emirtekin, Emrah; March, Evita; Balta, Sabah; Griffiths, Mark D.
Background: Research has shown that personality traits can have an important role in the development and maintenance of behavioral addictions. However the relationship between dark personality traits (i.e. Machiavellianism psychopathy narcissism sadism spitefulness) and ‘study addiction’ has yet to be investigated. Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to examine the associations of dark traits with study addiction among the total sample males and females separately while adjusting for the Big Five personality traits (i.e. extroversion neuroticism agreeableness openness conscientiousness). Methods: A total of 716 university students completed an online survey including questions assessing the aforementioned variables. Results: Hierarchical regression analysis suggested that being female neuroticism conscientiousness Machiavellianism and sadism were positively associated with study addiction. However dark personality traits (i.e. Machiavellianism sadism) were significantly related to study addiction only in males but not in females. Conclusions: Findings of this preliminary study suggest that dark personality traits may be better at explaining male addictive studying patterns and that gender should be taken into account when investigating the role of personality in the development of study addiction. © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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The Role of Procrastination Between Personality Traits and Addictive Mukbang Watching Among Emerging Adults
(SAGE Publications Inc., 2022) Kağan Kircaburun; Evita March; Sabah Balta; Emrah Emirtekin; Tarık Kışla; Mark D. Griffiths; Kircaburun, Kagan; Emirtekin, Emrah; Kışla, Tarık; March, Evita; Balta, Sabah; Griffiths, Mark D.
The role of personality traits in the development of addictive use of different online activities has been extensively demonstrated in the previous studies. One new type of online activity is the watching of mukbang (the South Korean term for “eating broadcasts”). However very little is known about addictive mukbang watching (AMW) and its relationship to personality constructs. The present study investigated the direct and indirect associations of Big Five personality traits (i.e. extroversion neuroticism agreeableness openness conscientiousness) and dark personality traits (i.e. narcissism Machiavellianism psychopathy sadism spitefulness) with AMW via procrastination. An online survey that comprised items assessing the aforementioned variables was completed by 222 university students who had watched mukbang at least once in the previous week. Path analysis indicated that extroversion was indirectly negatively associated with AMW via procrastination. Furthermore conscientiousness sadism and procrastination were directly positively associated with higher AMW. Findings suggest that individuals may develop and maintain uncontrolled mukbang watching in order to procrastinate and personality traits may play a contributing role in this association. © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.