Social media addiction, envy and mental health among university students
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2021
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UMT Lahore
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The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between social media addiction, envy and mental health. The study was conducted on University students, from various universities of Lahore. It was hypothesized that there is likely to be a positive relationship between Social media addiction and Envy. There is likely to be a negative relationship between Envy and Mental health. Envy is likely to act as a mediator between Social media addiction and Mental health. A sample of 250 students was taken through a convenient sampling technique. Assessment measures used in the study for measuring Social media addiction scale (Sahin, 2018), Disposional Envy Scale (Smith et.al, 1999) and Mental Health Continuum Short form (Keyes, 2012) were used to test the relationship among them. The data was analyzed through various statistical analysis. The results of Pearson product moment correlation analysis showed that there is a significant and positive relationship between social media addiction and envy. And there is a significant and negative relationship between Envy and Mental health. Moreover, the results revealed that there is significant and negative relationship between social media addiction and psychological wellbeing. Multiple hierarchical Regression analysis was conducted to determine mediating role of Envy for the relationship between Social media addiction and Mental health. The results showed that Envy was a significant predictor of Social media addiction and Mental health. Sobel test confirmed Envy as the mediator. As per the results, male’s mental health were more effected than females. The study can help understand the underlying negative consequences of social media usage and how does it create envy in a person and what factors affect their mental health.