The Relation Between Big-Five Personality Domains Of Prospective English Teachers And Their Facebook Addiction Levels

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of personality traits of prospective English teachers on their level of Facebook addiction. A total of 230 students studying in English Language Teaching Departments of two different public universities for 2016-2017 academic year will be included. In order to determine the Facebook addiction levels of prospective teachers who will participate in the research, “Facebook Addiction Survey” developed by Çam and İşbulan (2012) and “Ten-item Personality Inventory” measuring the big-five personality traits in determining the personality traits of these prospective teachers, developed by Gosling, Rentfrow and Swann (2003) and adapted into Turkish culture by Atak (2013) will be used. SPSS 22.0 data analysis program will be used for the statistical analyses of data obtained from the research. Frequency analysis will be utilized to determine the demographic characteristics of prospective teachers and One-Way ANOVA analysis will be used for comparison of Facebook addiction levels of prospective teachers with their personality traits. Following the research, it is expected that the Facebook addiction levels of prospective English language teachers will differ according to their personality traits.