CHARACTERISTICS OF VIRTUAL SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES USERS: PERSONALITY, ATTACHMENT, AND MARITAL FUNCTIONING
Since their creation in 2004, social networking sites have become a central communication tool for many internet users. The aim of this article is to examine the links between social network use and various intrapersonal and interpersonal variables. In this study, 822 participants involved in a steady intimate relationship answered an online survey. Results revealed that the more Internet users reported attachment anxiety, neuroticism, and cyber infidelity, the more they spent time on their social network activities. Results of multiple regression analyses showed that the number of friends on Facebook, as well as problems related to Facebook contributed significantly to the variance of couple adjustment and sexual satisfaction.