Is there a Virtual Personality? A psycholexical informed exploratory Study of Personality Traits in Virtual Environments in Spanish-speaking population

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Castro Solano, Alejandro; de la Iglesia, Guadalupe
Año de publicación
2025
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The aim of this research was to explore the concept of virtual personality. Traditional personality models were developed based on characteristics of the real (or offline) world. Given the evidence suggesting that people may behave differently in virtual environments, it is important to explore whether there is a virtual way of being: a virtual personality. To address this objective, three consecutive studies were conducted using various samples of Spanish-speaking adults from the general population. In Study 1, a list of adjectives that people reported using to describe how they and others are in virtual environments was developed. In Study 2, the list was psychometrically analyzed to generate both a theoretical model and a measurement instrument. A three-factor/traits model was obtained: authenticity, cautiousness, and agreeableness and sociability. The virtual personality model was named ACAS. In Study 3, its associations with normal traits and its predictive power over internet related behaviors were analyzed. ACAS’ traits are related to normal personality traits but do not constitute the same construct and present incremental validity when predicting internet related behaviors. This virtual personality model constitutes an initial approach and should be studied in greater depth in other samples and in longitudinal studies that analyze its temporal stability.
Fil: Castro Solano, Alejandro. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: de la Iglesia, Guadalupe. Universidad de Palermo; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Is there a Virtual Personality? A psycholexical informed exploratory Study of Personality Traits in Virtual Environments in Spanish-speaking population
title Is there a Virtual Personality? A psycholexical informed exploratory Study of Personality Traits in Virtual Environments in Spanish-speaking population
spellingShingle Is there a Virtual Personality? A psycholexical informed exploratory Study of Personality Traits in Virtual Environments in Spanish-speaking population
Castro Solano, Alejandro
personality
traits
virtual
online
lexical
virtual personality
title_short Is there a Virtual Personality? A psycholexical informed exploratory Study of Personality Traits in Virtual Environments in Spanish-speaking population
title_full Is there a Virtual Personality? A psycholexical informed exploratory Study of Personality Traits in Virtual Environments in Spanish-speaking population
title_fullStr Is there a Virtual Personality? A psycholexical informed exploratory Study of Personality Traits in Virtual Environments in Spanish-speaking population
title_full_unstemmed Is there a Virtual Personality? A psycholexical informed exploratory Study of Personality Traits in Virtual Environments in Spanish-speaking population
title_sort Is there a Virtual Personality? A psycholexical informed exploratory Study of Personality Traits in Virtual Environments in Spanish-speaking population
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Castro Solano, Alejandro
de la Iglesia, Guadalupe
author Castro Solano, Alejandro
author_facet Castro Solano, Alejandro
de la Iglesia, Guadalupe
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author2 de la Iglesia, Guadalupe
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv personality
traits
virtual
online
lexical
virtual personality
topic personality
traits
virtual
online
lexical
virtual personality
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The aim of this research was to explore the concept of virtual personality. Traditional personality models were developed based on characteristics of the real (or offline) world. Given the evidence suggesting that people may behave differently in virtual environments, it is important to explore whether there is a virtual way of being: a virtual personality. To address this objective, three consecutive studies were conducted using various samples of Spanish-speaking adults from the general population. In Study 1, a list of adjectives that people reported using to describe how they and others are in virtual environments was developed. In Study 2, the list was psychometrically analyzed to generate both a theoretical model and a measurement instrument. A three-factor/traits model was obtained: authenticity, cautiousness, and agreeableness and sociability. The virtual personality model was named ACAS. In Study 3, its associations with normal traits and its predictive power over internet related behaviors were analyzed. ACAS’ traits are related to normal personality traits but do not constitute the same construct and present incremental validity when predicting internet related behaviors. This virtual personality model constitutes an initial approach and should be studied in greater depth in other samples and in longitudinal studies that analyze its temporal stability.
Fil: Castro Solano, Alejandro. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: de la Iglesia, Guadalupe. Universidad de Palermo; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description The aim of this research was to explore the concept of virtual personality. Traditional personality models were developed based on characteristics of the real (or offline) world. Given the evidence suggesting that people may behave differently in virtual environments, it is important to explore whether there is a virtual way of being: a virtual personality. To address this objective, three consecutive studies were conducted using various samples of Spanish-speaking adults from the general population. In Study 1, a list of adjectives that people reported using to describe how they and others are in virtual environments was developed. In Study 2, the list was psychometrically analyzed to generate both a theoretical model and a measurement instrument. A three-factor/traits model was obtained: authenticity, cautiousness, and agreeableness and sociability. The virtual personality model was named ACAS. In Study 3, its associations with normal traits and its predictive power over internet related behaviors were analyzed. ACAS’ traits are related to normal personality traits but do not constitute the same construct and present incremental validity when predicting internet related behaviors. This virtual personality model constitutes an initial approach and should be studied in greater depth in other samples and in longitudinal studies that analyze its temporal stability.
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