Addiction to social networks and its relationship with self-esteem in adults

Abstract

The objective of this research was to know if there is a relationship between self-esteem and addiction to social networks. The methodology used corresponds to a cross-sectional non-experimental research design. The type of study was descriptive –correlational. A sample of 82 adult participants chosen through the use of Google Forms surveys was used. The results obtained show that the gender distribution of the sample of 82 participants is 29 people for the male sex and 53 for the female sex, with the female sex being 64% of the sample. As for the ages of the sample, they range from 18 to 61 years of age, with 31 years being the total average. Among the conclusions, the male sex obtained a higher score in the self-esteem variable and the women higher scores in the variable of addiction to social networks, it should be noted that the average self-esteem of the general sample was average, just as the use of social networks did not mark pathological scores being a sample without said pathology. The data subsequently analyzed showed that there is a statistically significant relationship between addiction to social networks and self-esteem, showing an inverse correlation, which is understood as the greater the use of social networks, the lower the self-esteem and vice versa. These results allow us to observe that, although people make normal use of social networks, self-esteem is still affected.