The Relationships among Facebook Addiction, Self-Esteem and Depression in High School Students
Keywords:
facebook addiction, self-esteem, depression, high school studentsAbstract
The descriptive research aimed at investigating relationships among Facebook addiction, self-esteem and depression in high school students. The participants comprised 412 high school students in the Southern region of academic year 2017. Data were collected using five questionnaires comprising a general data questionnaire, Facebook use questionnaire, Thai version of Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale, Rosenberg’s Self Esteem Scale and Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale. Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient and Spearman’s rank-order correlation were used for data analysis.
The study results revealed that Facebook addiction was negatively and significantly related to self-esteem (r = -.337, p < .001). Facebook addiction was positively and significantly related to depression (r = .552, p < .001). Results from this study provided important information to enhance self-esteem and reduce depression in teenagers with Facebook addiction.
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2. Tanta I, Mihovilovic M, Sablic Z. Uses and gratification theory - why adolescents use facebook? Medijska istraivanja 2014;20(2):85-110.
3. Andreassen CS, Torsheim T, Brunborg GS, Pallesen S. Development of a facebook addiction scale. Psychol Rep 2012;110(2):501-17.
4. Gul H, Yurumez Solmaz E, Gul A, Oner O. Facebook overuse and addiction among Turkish adolescents: are ADHD and ADHD-related problems risk factors?. Psychiatry Clin Psychopharmacol 2018;28(1):80-90.
5. Mahajan R. Addicted to facebook: role of narcissism and self-esteem. Int J Multidiscip Res 2015;5(10):159-65.
6. Shettar M, Karkal R, Kakunje A, Mendonsa RD, Chandran VM. Facebook addiction and loneliness in the post-graduate students of a university in southern India. Int J Psychiatry Soc 2017;63(4):325-9.
7. Jafarkarimi H, Hiang Sim AT, Saadatdoost R, Hee JM. Facebook addiction among Malaysian students. Int J Inf Educ Technol 2016;6(6):465-9.
8. Pholphet K, Tuntasood B. Self-esteem and facebook addicted of high school students in Bangkok metropolitan area. J Psychiatric Assoc Thailand 2016;61(3):217-30. (in Thai)
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11. Hanprathet N, Manwong M, Khumsri J, Yingyeun R, Phanasathit M. Facebook addiction and its relationship with mental health among thai high school students. J Med Assoc Thai 2015;98(Suppl 3):S81-90.
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14. Zaffar M, Mahmood S, Saleem M, Zakaria E. Facebook addiction: relation with depression, anxiety, loneliness and academic performance of Pakistani students. Sci Int 2015;27(3):2469-75.
15. Wilcox K, Stephen AT. Are close friends the enemy? online social networks, self-esteem, and self-control. J Consum Res 2013;40(1):12-57.
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25. Koc M, Gulyagci S. Facebook addiction among turkish college students: the role of psychological health, demographic, and usage characteristics. Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw 2013;16(4):279-84.
26. Department of Provincial Administration. Demographics and house statistics-number of population separated by age [Internet]. 2019 [cited 2019 May 2]. Available from: http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/upstat_age.php (in Thai)
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28. Montag C, Markowetz A, Blaszkiewicz K, Andone I, Lachmann B, Sariyska R, et al. Facebook usage on smartphones and gray matter volume of the nucleus accumbens. Behav Brain Res 2017;329:221-8.
30. Rosenberg M. Conceiving self. New York: Basic books; 1979.
31. Valkenburg PM, Peter J, Schouten AP. Friend networking sites and their relationship to adolescents' well-being and social self-esteem. Cyberpsychol Behav 2006;9(5):584-90.
32. Sullivan HS. The interpersonal theory of psychiatry. NewYork: W.W.Norton; 1953.
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38. Trangkasombat U. Larpboomsup V, Hawanont P. CES-D in adolescents. J Psychiatr Assoc Thailand 1997;42(1):2-13. (in Thai)
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