Association between Facebook addiction, self esteem and life satisfaction: A cross sectional study
In recent years, many research efforts have been focused on investigation of potential connection between social networking and mental health issues. Particularly important and controversial remains the association between Facebook use, self esteem and life satisfaction. In our cross sectional study, on a sample of 381 Facebook users, we tested the existence and strength of this relationship using Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS) Facebook Intensity Scale (FBI) Rosenberg's Self Esteem Scale (SES) and Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) With k means cluster analysis, we divided the sample into 3 groups: ordinary, intensive, and addicted Facebook users. The results of our study show that ordinary Facebook users differ statistically in self esteem and life satisfaction from both addicted and intensive users. Facebook addiction was in relation with lower self esteem. Facebook addiction was also negatively related to life satisfaction. These results are in accordance with the previously published findings of other authors in the fields of social networking psychology and psychiatry. We investigated the relationship between Facebook use, self esteem and life satisfaction.The study was done on a sample of 381 Facebook users.Facebook addiction was negatively related to satisfaction with life.The results are in accordance with the previously published findings.
Comput. Hum. Behav.