Comparison of personality characteristics and loneliness of users and non-users of social networks among Lali Payame Noor university students

The Introduction : Networking sites like Facebook or XING for instance provide individuals not only a technical platform to get together, but they enable users to articulate and make visible their own social networks. The purpose of this study was to comparise personality characteristics and loneliness of users and non-users of social networks among Lali Payam e Noor university students. Methods : The study was an applicable work and the statistical population included all Payamnoor University students in Lali province (n=800). Using voluntary sampling, 231 students were selected as sample group. Instruments of the study are student’s loneliness scale based on Russel, Peplau & Cutrona(1980), short form of personality characteristics of Costa, & MacCrae (NEO-FFI) 1992 questionnaire. Data was analyzed using multi-variable (MANOVA) and one-variable variance. Results : The results of one-variable variance showed that there is significant difference between users and non-users of social networks in terms of loneliness and personality characteristics. Discusion : Since the present study showed that the use of social networks in extraterritorial and open-label students and students with high loneliness is high, it is suggested to the custodians that to reduce the feeling of loneliness and increase communication with others in students, the development of social networks With diverse programs.