Social Networking Sites – a necessary evil
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Explosive growth of Social Networking Sites (SNS) have impacted every sphere of a youths life be it academics or personal relationships. There has been an escalation of research worldwide in this area though it is negligible in India. The present research seeks to fulfil this lacuna by studying the impact of SNS use on sleep, academic achievement, concentration, self esteem and personal relationships on Indian youth. Methodology: The sample consisted of students from junior and degree colleges in Mumbai belonging to the age group of 16 to 22 years, equal number of male and female students was selected. They were administered a self-formulated questionnaire consisting of 24 questions, which measured their SNS use habits and its impact on sleep, academics, concentration, self esteem and social relationships in terms of gender differences and education level. The scores obtained were subjected to ‘t’ test. A significant ‘t’ value of was found for gender differences but not for junior and degree college students. Results: Results indicated that the bio-psychosocial factors of males were affected more by SNS use than the females and there was no difference in the impact of bio-psychosocial factors of junior and degree college students who were SNS users. The mean scores were 16.60, 16.32 and 15.64 for academics/sleep/concentration, relationship and self esteem respectively. Hence the maximum impact of SNS use was seen on academic/sleep/concentration followed by relationship and lastly self esteem.Conclusions: Thus, the burgeoning nature of SNS does impact the youth in some aspects of their life as it has become a core of all the forms of communication.
Authors and Affiliations
Bhakti Shah, Devanshi Mehta, Rakhi Mehta
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- EP ID EP286137
- DOI 10.30877/IJMH.5.2.2018.234-240
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