Social media usage, fear of covid- 19
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Date
2022
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UMT.Lahore
Abstract
Covid-19 is an ongoing pandemic that has affected the lives of thousands of people.
This disease has induced fear among young adults that they will get Covid-19 and will
lose their lives. Social media has provoked fear among young adults as they mostly
rely on social media for every kind of information. The current study was conducted
to explore the relationship between social media usage, fear of Covid-19 and suicidal
ideation among young adults during the pandemic Covid-19. Through purposive
sampling, 200 (Men=100, Women=100) young adults with an age range of 18 to 30
years were contacted from different areas of Pakistan. The Social Media Scale (Kaya,
2020), Fear of Covid-19 Scale (Ahorsu et al., 2020), and Suicidal Ideation Attribute
Scale (Spijker, 2014) were administered to assess the relationship between the
variables. A significant positive relationship was found between social media usage
and fear of Covid-19. While, significant negative relationship was found between fear
of Covid-19 and suicidal ideation. A non-significant negative relationship was found
between social media usage and suicidal ideation. This research is helpful for young
adults in order to understand the role and importance of social media in our lives, i.e.,
the positive and negative impacts of social media, and can also be helpful for the
counselling of young adults.