This research explores the possible influence of the big five personality factors and the susceptibility to social influence on the susceptibility to accept fake news (disinformation). The understanding of this phenomenon due to individual differences is a barely researched subject. Nevertheless, the massive spread of false information on social media and its consequences show the importance of this research. The research used a fake news task, adapted versions of the SPTS (Susceptibility to Persuasion Scale), and the Mini-IPIP (International Personality Item Pool) as measurement tools. Using multiple linear regression analysis, it also assessed two models to predict susceptibility to accept fake news. The results show that certain personality traits and susceptibility to social influence may be useful predictors of the dependent variable, particularly in the context of social influence ...

This research explores the relation between the big five personality factors and the susceptibility to social influence with the susceptibility to accept fake news (disinformation). The understanding of this phenomenon due to individual differences is a barely researched subject. Nevertheless, the massive spread of false information on social media, and its consequences, show the importance of this research. The measurement tools used include a Fake News task, adapted versions of the SPTS (Susceptibility to Persuasion Scale) and the Mini-IPIP (International Personality Item Pool). The psychometric properties of the scores obtained with these scales were examined through the Factorial Analysis and the omega reliability index. Furthermore, by means of a multiple linear regression analysis, two models to predict susceptibility to accept fake news were assessed. The results show that certain...

Esta investigación explora la relación entre los cinco grandes factores de la personalidad y la susceptibilidad a la influencia social con la susceptibilidad a aceptar fake news (desinformación). La comprensión de este fenómeno a partir de las diferencias individuales es un campo poco investigado. No obstante, la difusión masiva de información falsa mediante redes sociales y las consecuencias que esto ha demostrado tener denotan la importancia de comprender el fenómeno. Los instrumentos utilizados fueron una tarea de fake news y la adaptación de la escala STPS (Susceptibility to Persuasion Scale) y del Mini-IPIP (International Personality Item Pool). Además, a través de un análisis de regresión lineal múltiple se generan dos modelos para predecir la susceptibilidad a aceptar noticias falsas como verdaderas. Los resultados apuntan a que ciertos rasgos de personalidad y la in...

This research explores the possible influence of the big five personality factors and the susceptibility to social influence on the susceptibility to accept fake news (disinformation). The understanding of this phenomenon due to individual differences is a barely researched subject. Nevertheless, the massive spread of false information on social media and its consequences show the importance of this research. The research used a fake news task, adapted versions of the SPTS (Susceptibility to Persuasion Scale), and the Mini-IPIP (International Personality Item Pool) as measurement tools. Using multiple linear regression analysis, it also assessed two models to predict susceptibility to accept fake news. The results show that certain personality traits and susceptibility to social influence may be useful predictors of the dependent variable, particularly in the context of social influence ...