Abstract
This study attempted to find out the relationship between depression and Instagram addiction of students pursuing pre university and degree courses. The sample consisted of 131 students comprising of students aged between 14-23 years. The students completed Test for Instagram addiction (TIA) developed by D’Souza, Samyukta and Bivera (2018) and depression measurement from DASS (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995). Test for Instagram addiction measured addiction in 6factors–Lack of control, Disengagement, Escapism, Health and interpersonal troubles, Excessive use and Obsession. Through DASS, the authors measured depression scores. Pearson’s product moment correlations were employed to find out the relationship between factors of Instagram addiction and stress. Stepwise multiple regression was employed to find out the predictors of depression from components of the test of Instagram addiction. As the addiction to Instagram increased depression of the students also increased linearly and significantly. Health and interpersonal troubles and obsession component of Instagram addiction were the major predictors of depression.
Highlights
This study attempted to find out the relationship between depression and Instagram addiction of students pursuing pre university and degree courses
It was found that ‘Lack of control’ and ‘Excessive use’ factors of Test for Instagram addiction were the major predictors of sleep quality.So determining the effects of social media usage on teenagers is important since early adulthood is a potentially vulnerable time for emotional development
Health and interpersonal troubles and obsession component of Instagram addiction were the major predictors of depression
Summary
This study attempted to find out the relationship between depression and Instagram addiction of students pursuing pre university and degree courses. A recent study by D’Souza, Samyukta and Tejaswini (2018) revealed that as the internet addiction increased, sleep quality of the female students decreased linearly and significantly. Another study revealed that the Instagram is used as “Surveillance/Knowledge about others,” “Documentation,” “Coolness,” and “Creativity.” (Sheldon & Bryant, 2016).But use of these social networking applications has several antecedents. It was found that ‘Lack of control’ and ‘Excessive use’ factors of Test for Instagram addiction were the major predictors of sleep quality.So determining the effects of social media usage on teenagers is important since early adulthood is a potentially vulnerable time for emotional development. In the present study an attempt is made to find out the relationship between depression and Instagram addiction among college students pursuing non-professional courses. It is hypothesized that depression does influence Instagram addiction, and there will be definite predictors for depression
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