Om bloggarens personlighet

En artikel i Journal of Research in Personality* har studerat ord-innehållet i nästan 700 bloggar, och jämfört ordval med bloggarnas svar på personlighetsenkäter. Snarare än att framställa en idealisk bild av sig själva, stämde ordvalen rätt bra med personlighetstyperna.

BPS Research Digest skriver:

The sheer size of the data set at Yarkoni's disposal allowed him to look not only at links between personality factors and broad word categories (as past research has done) but to also zoom in on the usage of specific words. Among the most strong and intriguing correlations were: Neuroticism correlated with use of 'irony' and negatively correlated with 'invited'; Extraversion correlated with 'drinks' and negatively correlated with 'computer'; Openness correlated with 'ink'; Agreeableness with 'wonderful' and negatively correlated with 'porn'; and Conscientiousness correlated with 'completed' and negatively correlated with 'boring'.

* Yarkoni, T. (2010). Personality in 100,000 Words: A large-scale analysis of personality and word use among bloggers. Journal of Research in Personality, 44 (3), 363-373 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.04.001