scholarly journals What’s Feeding Your Monster? A Look at Narcissistic Tendency and Low Self-Esteem as Driving Forces behind the Growth of Social Media Dependency

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sneha Thiagarajan ◽  
Yezhil Venkatachalam ◽  
Mrs. Kavitha Sebastian
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Media Dependency ◽  
Social Media Addiction ◽  
Daily Life Activities ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Personality Patterns

In current times social media is considered a necessity and it is often normal for people to be dependent on them. With the arrival of these platforms, it has created an opportunity for people to express themselves in a way that they could not otherwise. However this has also led to an addiction in some people and has proved to be disruptive of daily life activities. But the expression of this addiction to social media is not similar in all cases. The differences in behavioral and personality patterns manifest themselves as social media addiction. This may be rooted in narcissistic tendency as a way of portraying themselves as superior to their peers and a need to feed their ego; or low self esteem as a way of seeking approval and a need to boost their self-image. To test this hypothesis and to estimate the correlation between the three factors of social media addiction, narcissistic tendency and low self esteem we used the following questionnaires – Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, Narcissistic Personality Inventory-16 and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale. The questionnaires were administered to 290 persons (104 males and 186 females) in the age group of 15 – 50 years. It was found that both males and females exhibited social media addiction with females having a higher tendency to be narcissistic and lower self esteem.

scholarly journals Investigating the Relationship Among Social Media Addiction, Cognitive Absorption, and Self-Esteem

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-51
Author(s):  
Zeynep AKKUŞ ÇUTUK
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Social Media Addiction ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Cognitive Absorption ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

The present study aimed at testing a model developed to uncover the relationships among social media addiction, cognitive absorption, and self-esteem. This studys’ sample consisted of 361 university students, 198 of whom were females, and 163 were males. Data were collected using the Social Media Addiction Scale (SMAS), the Cognitive Absorption Scale (CAS), and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES). Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used to analyse the data. The results showed a positive and significant relationship between cognitive absorption and social media addiction; thus, cognitive absorption predicted social media addiction. A negative and significant relationship between self-esteem and social media addiction was also found; thus, self-esteem predicted social media addiction.

scholarly journals Social Media Addiction and Personality: A Review of Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 607-630
Author(s):  
Viktor P. Sheinov
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social Media Addiction ◽  
Physical Health Problems ◽  
Negative Links

Social networks are taking up more and more place in the daily life of modern people, becoming an integral part of our existence. At the same time, the role of social networks is constantly growing along with the rapid growth in the number of their active users. As online interaction for many has become more used than face-to-face communication, social networks have begun to seriously affect the way of life, communication, interests and psychology of people. The use of social networks is growing exponentially and has covered more than a third of the worlds population; therefore, researchers from different countries are actively studying social networks. Considerable empirical data has been accumulated that requires generalization and understanding, which is the purpose of this review. We found positive links between social media addiction and depression, anxiety, stress, neuroticism, emotional problems, low self-esteem, cyber-victimization, physical health problems, mental disorders, loneliness, procrastination, smartphone and internet addiction, and infidelity in relationships. Negative links were revealed between social media addiction and life satisfaction, academic performance of schoolchildren and students, labor productivity and commitment to the organization of its employees, social capital, and age. The main reason for social media addiction is the need for communication, and women are generally more active in social networks than men. This review provides only those links of social media addiction that have been established in a number of studies conducted in different countries. The presented results were obtained abroad using foreign language questionnaires that determine social media addiction. The lack of such a reliable and valid tool among Russian-speaking psychologists has become a serious factor hindering the conduct of similar domestic research. With this in view, the author developed a specially designed social media addiction questionnaire.

scholarly journals Influence of Rational and Emotional Appeals on Purchasing Through Online: The Case on Social Media

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Mohamammad Toufiqur Rahman ◽  
Tanjina Pial
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
T Test ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Advertising Appeals ◽  
Online Purchase ◽  
Emotional Appeals ◽  
Advertising Appeal ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Powerful Process ◽  
Buying Decisions

Advertising appeals is a powerful process for companies to influence customers’ buying decisions. The primary aim of this research is to figure out that every customer has the same impact on all advertising appeal or not and what sort of promotional appeal can be more easily and efficiently applied to consumers. To get the answer, the information was gathered by organized questionnaires from 82 people randomly in various regions in Bangladesh, who frequently do online purchase through social media, between April and July 2019. The research shows that most of the customers are influenced by both emotional and rational advertising appeals. From t-test it has been observed that both males and females are influenced by the same way whether the advertising positioning is rational or emotional. It has also been observed that all categories customers are influenced more by those emotional advertisements that depict sociality and in rational positioning, all are influenced that demonstrating the product uses, benefits and features. The age group ‘less than 30 years’ and the ‘students’ are more influenced by emotional than from rational appeals.

scholarly journals Detox Instagram Pada Self-Esteem Pengguna

Koneksi ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Lisa Harsono ◽  
Septia Winduwati
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Media Theory ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Case Method ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Study Case ◽  
Concept Theory

Instagram is a platform that presents the self-image of someone. When users find out that using Instagram was toxic to their self-esteem, they decided to detox instagram by stopping using Instagram. This research’s purpose is to know the self-esteem’s user when doing detox Instagram. This research is based on self-concept theory, self-esteem theory, social media theory, Instagram theory, and the detox instagram phenomenon theory. This research is using a qualitative approach with a study case method for college students that stop using Instagram. Collecting data is done by deep interviews. The result in this research shows that when informants doing detox instagram, they appreciate themself, focus on upgrading their potential, and stop comparing their life to each other. Instagram merupakan platform yang menyajikan citra diri individu. Ketika penggunanya merasakan penggunaan Instagram menjadi toxic bagi self-esteem, maka pengguna memutuskan untuk melakukan deleting toxic (detox) Instagram dengan cara berhenti bermain Instagram. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui self-esteem pengguna ketika melakukan detox Instagram. Penelitian ini berlandaskan pada konsep diri, self-esteem, media sosial, Instagram dan fenomena detox Instagram. Penelitian dilakukan dengan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode studi kasus pada mahasiswa yang berhenti bermain Instagram. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan wawancara mendalam. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa ketika informan melakukan detox Instagram, para informan merasa lebih menghargai diri sendiri, fokus kepada potensi yang dimilikinya, dan berhenti membanding-bandingkan diri dengan sesamanya.

scholarly journals Social Media Addiction and the Association with Self-Esteem among Adolescents in Rural Areas of Indonesia

2021 ◽  
pp. 671-679
Author(s):  
Heni Purnama ◽  
Irma Darmawati ◽  
Witri Mulyatin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Social Media Addiction ◽  
Professional Needs ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Relationship

The use of social media has increased significantly in recent years, particularly among adolescents and this has triggered an upsurge in research into the connection between social media and self-esteem. However, there has been little attention paid to the association between social media and self-esteem in adolescents in rural areas, an oversight this study will address – focusing on adolescents in rural areas of Indonesia. This descriptive correlational study was conducted in 2018 at two senior high school in rural area of Bandung, West Java. Disproportion stratified random sampling was used to select the sample. Social Media Addiction Scale-Student Form Questionnaires (SMAS-SF) and Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale were used to collect the data. Pearson Product Moment correlation was performed to test the relationship between social media addiction and self-esteem. A total of 340 students joined our study, of which 59.7% were female. About 57.6% of the respondents felt discomfort when they had to reduce time spent using social media and 77.6% were addicted to using social media. 57.1% of the respondents have low self-esteem. There was a moderate positive relationship between addiction to social media and self-esteem among adolescents in rural area (r=0.418, p<0.05). This study suggest that social media addiction was correlated with self-esteem, for future studies could be considering gender difference to have better insight. Healthcare professional needs to design an intervention utilize social media to promote self-esteem among adolescents.   Keywords: social media, self-esteem, adolescents

scholarly journals Problematic Attachment to Social Media: Five Behavioural Archetypes

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 2136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid Altuwairiqi ◽  
Nan Jiang ◽  
Raian Ali
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Ecological Validity ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Media Research ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Attachment Behaviour

Today, social media play an important role in people’s daily lives. Many people use social media to satisfy their personal and social needs, such as enhancing self-image, acquiring self-esteem, and gaining popularity. However, when social media are used obsessively and excessively, behavioural addiction symptoms can occur, leading to negative impacts on one’s life, which is defined as a problematic attachment to social media. Research suggests that tools can be provided to assist the change of problematic attachment behaviour, but it remains unclear how such tools should be designed and personalised to meet individual needs and profiles. This study makes the first attempt to tackle this problem by developing five behavioural archetypes, characterising how social media users differ in their problematic attachments to them. The archetypes are meant to facilitate effective ideation, creativity, and communication during the design process and helping the elicitation and customisation of the variability in the requirements and design of behaviour change tools for combatting problematic usage of social media. This was achieved by using a four-phase qualitative study where the diary study method was considered at the initial stage, and also the refinement and confirmation stage, to enhance ecological validity.

Motivations and Positive Effects of Taking, Viewing, and Posting Different Types of Selfies on Social Media

2018 ◽  
pp. 51-73
Author(s):  
Fiouna Ruonan Zhang ◽  
Nicky Chang Bi ◽  
Louisa Ha
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Self Image ◽  
American Students ◽  
Depth Interviews

In this study, we explored the motivations and the effects of selfie taking, posting, and viewing. To understand the selfie phenomenon, we conducted in-depth interviews with 16 American and Chinese students. The findings suggest that the selfie phenomenon among American students is not necessarily related to narcissism and low self-esteem, as argued in many previous literatures. Contrarily, selfie usage among Chinese students is more associated with narcissism (self-indulgence in recreational selfie-taking) and impression management (selfie-editing to improve online self-image). In the general, selfie taking, viewing, and posting behaviors could be conceptualized as more than just a display of narcissism, but also as a new way of communication, life-recording, online impression management, and relationship management. Cultural differences between American and Chinese students' use of selfies are also discussed.

The Relations Among Social Media Addiction, Self-Esteem, and Life Satisfaction in University Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 576-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazir S. Hawi ◽  
Maya Samaha
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Social Media Addiction ◽  
Use Of Social Media

The use of social media has grown exponentially to the extent of engaging close to one third of the world’s population as of January 2016. Actually, social media statistics have been reporting an average annual increase of 10% in total number of users. These extremely impressive statistics have been triggering researchers’ interest in investigating this phenomenon and its impact on every aspect of users’ lives. Our study is an attempt to contribute to the knowledge that is building up in relation to this phenomenon by examining the relationships between the addictive use of social media, self-esteem, and satisfaction with life. To achieve this purpose, a generic questionnaire, the Social Media Addiction Questionnaire (SMAQ), was used stemming from the Facebook Intrusion Questionnaire. Respondents completed an online survey questionnaire which collected demographic information and responses to SMAQ, Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. In addition to assessing SMAQ’s psychometric properties, data analyses included Pearson correlations between the variables, regression analysis, and structural equation modeling. Results showed that a one-factor model of SMAQ had good psychometric properties and had high internal consistency. As for relations, addictive use of social media had a negative association with self-esteem, and the latter had a positive association with satisfaction with life. Furthermore, path analysis showed that self-esteem mediated the effect of social media addiction on satisfaction with life.

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