A Noisy Self Goes Online: Intraindividual Personality Variability and Self-Coherence in Digital Engagement.

Giuseppe Forte, Elena Cilloco, Micaela Ambalagi, Ilaria Corbo, Renata Tambelli, Maria Casagrande, Francesca Favieri

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Article in European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Giuseppe ForteDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Via Degli Apuli 1, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5223-041X

Elena CillocoDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Via Degli Apuli 1, 00185 Rome, Italy.

Micaela AmbalagiDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Via Degli Apuli 1, 00185 Rome, Italy.

Ilaria CorboDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Via Degli Apuli 1, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7070-3751

Renata TambelliDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Via Degli Apuli 1, 00185 Rome, Italy.

Maria CasagrandeDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Via Degli Apuli 1, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4430-3367

Francesca FavieriDepartment of Psychology, University "G.D'Annunzio" of Chieti and Pescara, Via dei Vestini 30, 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6696-5855

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Abstract

Personality research has traditionally focused on stable trait differences, but increasing attention has been devoted to the internal organization of personality traits within individuals. The present study examined whether intraindividual variability in the Big Five traits, operationalized as the within-person standard deviation across trait scores (iSD_BFI), is associated with problematic digital engagement in young adults. A sample of 316 participants completed the Big Five Inventory and selected subscales of the Behavioral Addiction Questionnaire assessing smartphone use, internet use and video gaming. Pearson correlations, hierarchical regression and independent samples

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behavioral addictionscoherence in personalitymaladaptive behaviorspersonality traits

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PMID42505167

DOI10.3390/ejihpe16070098

PMCPMC13408269

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