THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BEHAVIORS OF SOCIAL NETWORK USE AND SELF-ESTEEM OF ADOLESCENTS

DOI: 10.18173/2354-1075.2023-0088

Tóm tắt

This study aims to explore the frequency of social network use, self-evaluation on self-esteem as well as the relationship between social network use behavior and self-esteem of secondary and high-school students. There were 643 adolescents in Hanoi (from 11 to 17 years old) participating in the research by giving responses to 3 scales including: 1) Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS) (2016); 2) Social Media Addiction Scale (SMAS) (2015); 3) Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) (1965) along with semi-structure interviewed with 21 adolescents. The research findings demonstrated that the reliance on social network of adolescents based on Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale and Social Media Addiction Scale was 56% and 89.6% respectively (noticeably, 53.7% of researched students was addicted at medium and extremely heavy level). Although there were different levels of addiction in regard to adolescents’ genders, there were no differences in addiction in terms of their grades and academic performance. The adolescents evaluated themselves at low and medium levels of self-esteem. The rate of students who reported their high esteem accounted for only 3.4%. At the same time, there was a negative correlation between social network use behavior and self-esteem of the adolescents. Specific reasons and relevant discussion about the research findings were also clarified in this paper.