The Relationship between Social Media Usage and Psychological Wellbeing among Preparatory School Students in Addis Ababa: The case of Government and Private Schools in Nifas Silik Lafto Sub city
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2021-03
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Abstract
This investigate inspected the relationship between social media and mental well-being.
Respondents were chosen from five arbitrarily chosen schools in ‘Nifas Silk’ Sub-city of Addis
Ababa. A add up to of 200 government and private preliminary school understudies in ‘Nifas
Silk’ were chosen utilizing the proportionate stratified testing procedure. The members were
preliminary school understudies (17 to 19 a long time ancient). A statistic survey, a mental
prosperity scale and social media scale was utilized to gather information. Quantitative
strategies of information investigation such as rates, cruel, relapse, and multivariate
Investigation of Fluctuation (MANOVA) were utilized to analyze the information. The result of
Pearson relationship on the relationship between social media utilization and mental well-being
(the autonomy and natural dominance) incorporates a frail relationship. Other than in
evaluating individual development, self-concept, positive connection with others to social media
utilization was adversely related. The mean value of every variable didn’t show any tremendous
variations. There were no giant differences among father and mother schooling while taken into
consideration collectively at the variables Autonomy, environment mastery, functions of life,
personal boom, self-reputation and high quality relationships with others. In analyzing the
differences across the dependent variable's purpose in existence have 77.690 mean, of that have
the most powerful and positive relation with others has second stronger at the same time as the
least impact changed into determined on self-concept of the respondents. From the examine, the
following guidelines were forwarded. The findings from this evaluate suggest that social media
usage allows teens to boom the dimensions and composition of their social networks drastically.
This may be both useful (e.g. accelerated social capital and social assist, etc.) or dangerous
through expanded publicity to triggering or abusive content or the advertising of negative coping
techniques