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Evaluation of Relationship Between Social Media Addiction, Self-Esteem and Depression in Adolescents | |
Dr. Krishna Patel | |
Use of social media is growing widely to the point of developing addiction inyoungsters.Adolescents are more vulnerable to develop any kind of psychiatric illness due tothe criticalgrowth period. Lying in the grey zone between dependence and independence for taking wise decisionsfor themselves, there is a high possibility of developing unhealthy behavior. This paper highlights social media addiction and its relationship with self-esteem and depressionin adolescents (school students studying in Secondary School in Surendranagar). Socio-demographic data sheet, Social Media Addiction Scale – Student Form, RosenbergSelf-Esteem Scale and Beck Depression Inventory were used to collect data, which wasfollowed by analysis using SPSS version 16.Amongst 60 students social media addiction was probably present in 20.5% and it hadstrong negative association with self-esteem of students (χ2=4.364, γ=-0.449, P=0.05) andhad positive association with depression (χ2=12.656, γ=-0.692,P=0.05).Spearman Correlation value of -0.495 between social media addiction and self-esteem issignificant at p<0.001.Amongst students, odds of having social media addiction is 4.5 timeshigher in those who have below average Self-esteem as compared to those who have aboveaverage self-esteem. Hence, it was concluded that addressing self-esteem issues in adolescence is of prime importance to preventdevelopment of social media addiction and subsequent depression. |
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