Impact of social media on self-esteem and its effects on psychological well-being

Abstract

"Over the past ten years, social media has become incredibly popular, and its influence has had a lasting impact on many individuals. People's self-esteem has decreased as a result an upwards comparisons made on social networking sites. 150 students from different institutes were surveyed using questionnaires to test the hypothesis. The most well-known social networking platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat, were cited as examples of social media. A correlation and regression model that uses statistics called SPSS, were used as the measuring data for examination of the connection between psychological well-being, self-esteem and social media. The main conclusions imply that everyone who took part actively uses social media networks. Additionally, this study demonstrates that there is a significant connection between the negating effect that social media has on self-esteem and psychological health.