Open AccessSOCIAL NETWORKING AND SELF-ESTEEM: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Author(s) -
Niyaz A. Mir,
Dr.Alpana Verma
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of applied research
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.36106/ijar/6913867
Subject(s) - self esteem , simple random sample , psychology , sample (material) , empirical research , social psychology , medical education , statistics , mathematics , demography , sociology , medicine , population , chemistry , chromatography
The present study was undertaken to investigate the impact of social networking on self-esteem of higher secondaryschool students. A total sample of 200 social networking users and non users of higher secondary school students wereselected from four higher secondary schools by using simple random sampling technique. Information blank was employed for collecting data forsocial networking and Coopersmith's self-esteem inventory (1981) was used for measuring the self esteem of higher secondary school students.Statistical techniques such as mean, percentage and t-test were used for data analysis. The findings revealed that there is a positive impact of socialnetworking on self-esteem of higher secondary school students. It was further revealed that the percentage of male social networking users isgreater than the female social networking users.