Yetişkinlerde sosyal ağ kullanımının beş faktör kişilik özellikleriyle ilişkisi

The aim of the research, is to examine the relationship between adult's five factor personality features by use of Social Media. As for sample, there are 1252 woman and 1248 man student's parents and they are between the ages of 30-51 and over the age of 51. Sample which is Attached o the Ministry of Education's primary, secondary and high schools Anatolian type in Gaziantep's central district Şehitkamil and Şahinbey. They were determined by the random sampling method. Adult's data participating in the study, are determined by Big Five Factor Personality Traits Scale. Prepared data on the use of social media called "Personal Information Form" has been obtained by researcher. In the analysis of data, understanding of social media use times whether it differs according to big five personality traits, One- way analysis of variance ANOVA, was used. Intended use of social media visit, understanding social media account whether it differs by big five personality traits or not, one way MANOVA had been done by the researcher. According to the social media using time, there was no significant difference between extraversion. On the other hand, there is a significant differences between agreeableness, openness subscales, conscientiousness and neuroticism. In association with five personality traits of social media purpose, it was found that there are significant differences with different personality traits for each purpose. Adult's use of social media, the purpose of "Make new friends" is related to openness subscales and extraversion personality traits. "Chat line", "To share photos", "Sharing a video", "Sharing News", "To check what your friends are doing", "To communicate with familiar" and "Spend their free time" are related to agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness subscales and extraversion personality traits. "Make a comments" is related to agreeableness and conscientiousness personality traits. "To obtain information" and "Playing a game" are related to agreeableness, openness subscales, conscientiousness and extraversion personality traits. In association with five personality traits it was found that there are significant differences with different personality traits for each purpose in the aim of social media accounts used. "Facebook", "Skype", "Whatsapp" and "Twitter" are related to agreeableness and conscientiousness personality traits. "Google +", "Vine", "Blogspot", "Tumblr" and "Pinterest" are related to agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness subscales and extraversion personality traits."Youtube" ve "Swarm" are related to agreeableness, conscientiousness and neuroticism personality traits. "Instagram" is related to agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness subscales and extraversion personality traits. Keywords: Five-factor personality traits, social media, social networks, adult.