Narcissistic personality, social media and mental health in early adulthood
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Date
2020
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UMT Lahore
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between social media,
narcissism and mental health of young adults. How social media use increase the
narcissism and its impacts on mental health. It was hypothesized that there is likely to
be a relationship between social media, narcissism and mental health of young adults
and that social media and narcissism will predict the mental health of young adults.A
correlation research design was used to collect online and in person data from (N=
160) university students include male =31and female=129with the age range of 18-25
years (M=19.58, SD=5.27). The sample was recruited by using convenient sampling
technique from different private sectors universities. Social media addition scale,
Patient Health Questionnaire and 16 items were used to collect data. Patient Health
Questionnaire introduced by Robert, Janet and William. Pearson product moment
correlation analysis showed that mental health is positively correlated with social
media whereas narcissism is negatively correlated with mental health. Implications
show that seminar is very important for awareness about mental health and excessive
social media usage. Results show that using hours of social media is significantly
predict mental health. Virtual problem, virtual communication, virtual information
social media significantly correlated with mental health. Moreover, there were no
gender differences in social media and mental health. So our hypothesis is proved.
There is relationship between Narcissism, Social Media and its impact on mental
health.