TABLE 5.

Regressing motives on individual characteristics.

Predictors	Virtual community			Companionship			Exhibitionism			Relationship maintenance			Passing time
Step 1	β	t	Sig.	β	t	Sig.	β	t	Sig.	β	t	Sig.	β	t	Sig.
Age	–0.14	–1.90	0.06	−0.25**	–3.47	0.001	−0.20**	–2.70	0.01	0.04	0.53	0.60	−0.43***	–6.68	0.00
Gender	0.004	0.05	0.96	0.06	0.78	0.44	–0.01	–0.18	0.86	0.23**	3.22	0.002	0.18**	2.82	0.01
R2	0.02			0.07			0.04			0.05			0.25
F	1.89			7.09***			3.71*			5.19**			31.08***
Step 2
Age	–0.05	–0.64	0.52	−0.16*	–2.09	0.04	–0.05	–0.68	0.50	0.07	0.91	0.36	−0.36***	–5.10	0.00
Gender	0.55	0.70	0.49	0.04	0.55	0.59	–0.03	–0.34	0.73	0.15	1.90	0.06	0.16*	2.25	0.03
Neuroticism	0.03	0.25	0.81	0.19	1.71	0.09	0.29**	2.68	0.01	0.20	1.76	0.08	0.13	1.25	0.22
Extraversion	0.10	1.02	0.31	–0.001	–0.01	0.99	0.30**	3.19	0.002	0.21*	2.12	0.04	0.05	0.60	0.55
Openness	–0.03	–0.37	0.71	0.06	0.75	0.45	0.03	0.40	0.69	0.11	1.44	0.15	0.12	1.77	0.08
Agreeableness	–0.09	–1.16	0.25	0.01	0.14	0.89	−0.16*	–2.11	0.04	0.04	0.53	0.60	0.01	0.15	0.88
Conscientiousness	−0.24*	–2.52	0.01	–0.09	–0.91	0.36	–0.09	–0.97	0.33	0.14	1.44	0.15	–0.06	–0.70	0.48
R2	0.09			0.13			0.17			0.11			0.28
R2 change	0.07			0.06			0.13			0.05			0.03
F change	2.75*			2.38*			5.47***			2.13			1.64

All betas are standardized betas. N = 189. ***Correlation is significant at the 0.001 level. **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level. *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level.