Bulletin of Social Informatics Theory and Application
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2022)

The Psychological Effects of Using Instagram: Its Effects on Anxiety, Self-Confidence, and Body Image

Collantes, Leonel Hernandez (Unknown)
Aulia Saputro, Nina (Unknown)
Akmaluddin, Rizky (Unknown)
Liliana, Shinta Ayu (Unknown)
Umam, Yogi Khairul (Unknown)
Harviansyah, Yushivan Rendi (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Mar 2022

Abstract

Instagram has become a major social media platform that plays a big role in this modern society. People spend their time mindlessly scrolling through their Instagram feeds and it’s starting to affects their mental health, mostly on adolescents because they are going through a phase of finding their self-identity. The purpose of this research is to explore how Instagram affects mental healthiness in adolescents. It is focusing on the effects of Instagram on self-confidence, anxiety, and body image. To fulfill the purpose of this study, two types of research have been used according to the object study, descriptive and documentary research. The research design is non-experimental longitudinal, using the Instagram user experience survey as a measurement instrument to collect data and analyze the information. This research was conducted on 99 people from age 18 to 25 as the subject. The data collection was done by distributing the questionnaire for 7 days. As a result, this study shows that Instagram affects some users' psychological health in their anxiety, self-confidence, and body dissatisfaction.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

businta

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Social Sciences

Description

Bulletin of Social Informatics Theory and Application (ISSN 2614-0047) is an interdisciplinary scientific journal for researchers from Computer Science, Informatics, Social Sciences, and Management Sciences to share ideas and opinions, and present original research work on studying the interplay ...