Is The Desire to Take Selfies Related to Self-Esteem in High School Teens?

Heni Dwi Windarwati,Erna Tsalatsatul Fitriyah,Ari Dwi Sulaksono,Niken Asih Laras Ati,Shofi Khaqul Ilmy,Mira Wahyu Kusumawati

doi:10.20884/1.jks.2021.16.1.1517

Heni Dwi Windarwati, Erna Tsalatsatul Fitriyah + Show 4 more

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https://doi.org/10.20884/1.jks.2021.16.1.1517

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<p>Selfitis is one of the phenomena that is currently popular among adolescents. Adolescents are attracted to show self-presentation, one of which is through selfies. This study aimed to identify the correlation between the obsessive desire to take selfies and high school adolescents' self-esteem. This research was a quantitative study with a cross-sectional design. The study population was high school adolescents aged 15-16 years with 797 participants recruited using a total sampling method. The instrument in this study used the Rosenberg self-esteem questionnaire to measure self-esteem and the Selfitis Behavior Scale (SBS) questionnaire to measure selfitis in adolescents. The results showed that most of the adolescents had borderline selfitis (46.3%) and high self-esteem (88.1%). Factors that were significantly related to taking selfies amongst adolescents were gender (p-value: 0.000) and socioeconomic status (p-value: 0.000). Meanwhile, gender (p-value: 0.013), socio-economic status (p-value: 0.032), family harmony (p-value: 0.000), and selfitis (p-value: 0.000) were significantly related to self-esteem in adolescents. The multivariate analysis results showed that harmony in the family was the most influential factor in adolescents' self-esteem. Adolescents with higher levels of selfitis and harmony in the family tended to have better self-esteem.</p>

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Adolescence is a unique developmental period and is the transition between childhood and adulthood
This study indicated that most high school adolescents at the researcher's location had borderline selfitis levels, and only a small proportion of adolescents were in the chronic category of selfitis
This study indicates that gender has a significant relationship with the level of obsessive taking of selfies and self-esteem in high school adolescents

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Adolescence is a unique developmental period and is the transition between childhood and adulthood. Adolescence is a period of reconstruction marked by significant biological, cognitive, social, and emotional changes in individuals (Ogden & Hagen, 2019; Wulandari et al, 2018). Sexual, social, and psychological development occur, at the same time, and exposure to external conditions such as poverty, abuse, or violence, can pose a risk to youth health and mental well-being. Various factors are associated with depression in adolescents, one of which is low self-esteem A person who has low self-esteem for a long time is prone to developing depression. Low self-esteem can predict the onset of depression during late adolescence and early adulthood (Masselink et al, 2018).

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