A study on social media addiction and self-esteem among undergraduate students of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)

This study is about social media addiction and self-esteem. The main objective of this study is to find out the relationship between social media addiction and self-esteem among undergraduate students of UNIMAS. This is a quantitative research and two types of questionnaires been used to collect da...

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Main Author: Hasswine, Krishnan
Format: Final Year Project Report
Language:English
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Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2018
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spelling my.unimas.ir.323252024-05-02T02:13:26Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32325/ A study on social media addiction and self-esteem among undergraduate students of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) Hasswine, Krishnan H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) This study is about social media addiction and self-esteem. The main objective of this study is to find out the relationship between social media addiction and self-esteem among undergraduate students of UNIMAS. This is a quantitative research and two types of questionnaires been used to collect data, which are Social media use and the internet addiction test (IAT) and Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale. There result shows that there is a significant relationship between social media addiction and self-esteem. One of the important implications on counselling and psychotherapy is for the therapists, who help resolve an individual with low self-esteem due to their social comparisons end up making upward and downward comparisons with others. Counsellors have to be competent enough to help clients with self-esteem issue. This study also recommended the future studies to focus on specific social media sites, choosing a larger sample size and having a Malay translation with understanding of the norm and culture. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2018 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32325/1/A%20study%20on%20social%20media%20addiction%20and%20self-esteem%20among%20undergraduate%20students%20of%20Universiti%20Malaysia%20Sarawak%20%28UNIMAS%29%20%2824%20pgs%29.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32325/6/Hasswine.pdf Hasswine, Krishnan (2018) A study on social media addiction and self-esteem among undergraduate students of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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Hasswine, Krishnan
A study on social media addiction and self-esteem among undergraduate students of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
description This study is about social media addiction and self-esteem. The main objective of this study is to find out the relationship between social media addiction and self-esteem among undergraduate students of UNIMAS. This is a quantitative research and two types of questionnaires been used to collect data, which are Social media use and the internet addiction test (IAT) and Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale. There result shows that there is a significant relationship between social media addiction and self-esteem. One of the important implications on counselling and psychotherapy is for the therapists, who help resolve an individual with low self-esteem due to their social comparisons end up making upward and downward comparisons with others. Counsellors have to be competent enough to help clients with self-esteem issue. This study also recommended the future studies to focus on specific social media sites, choosing a larger sample size and having a Malay translation with understanding of the norm and culture.
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title A study on social media addiction and self-esteem among undergraduate students of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
title_short A study on social media addiction and self-esteem among undergraduate students of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
title_full A study on social media addiction and self-esteem among undergraduate students of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
title_fullStr A study on social media addiction and self-esteem among undergraduate students of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
title_full_unstemmed A study on social media addiction and self-esteem among undergraduate students of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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