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The Impact of Social Media on Anxiety Among Senior High School Students at
Dagatan Integrated National HighSchool
Research title
A Research Paper
Presented to the Faculty of
Dagatan Integrated National High School
By
Alvaro Carlito James A.
Gomez Francis Ryven E.
Mantes Paolo P.
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Chapter I
Research Problem
Introduction
Over the fast-changing passage of time, modern civilization has been equipped with
various idealistic methods wherein convenient life is nearly possible. Through the
presence of the advancements in technologies manifesting the role of social media, it
has successfully impelled captivating changes in how people communicate, interact,
discover, and perceive knowledge. Moreover, social media platforms including
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Viber, Messenger, tiktok have been giving netizens a
chance to connect with other people regardless of distances. However, according to
Dhir, Yossatorn, Kaur, and Chen (2018), there are a wide array of users that have
departed themselves from excessive social media exposure due to social media
fatigue. This involves the stressors and grounds triggering the psychological behavior
of netizens, particularly to most young individuals. Moreover, based on the report of
the University Pittsburgh-School of Medicine, adolescents who spend most of their
time surfing through social media are more likely to suffer from sleeping disorders
and even depression.
Use of social media platforms has become a growing trend and become an
important part of many people's lives especially among students. Various harms and
impacts experienced by students in terms of mental health will act as the base of
conducting this research. According to Pantic (2014), few specialists have related
social networking sites with a few mental disorders which include depression,
anxiety, and other mental health disorders. Barrense, Akre, Jacot, Leeners, Morselli,
and Suris (2019) shared that social media is one of the most exceedingly terrible
stages for young adults where the younger's use cyberbullying and trolling which is a
hazard foryoungster's mental health. Also, Thornicroft, Mehta, Clement, Evans,
Doherty, Rose, Koschorke, Shidhaye, O'Reilly, and Henderson (2016) given
supposition that online networking is very significant for teenagers lives since it gives
incredible connection to everyone, however some speculative portrayal thought of it
as, an extraordinary hazard and perilous for human's psychological wellness, also
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youth utilizes social media sites for digital harassing, similar to ridicule others,
mimicries, and so on as result others lose their confidence and self-assurance.
According to Patel, Chisholm, Parikh, Charlson, Degenhardt, Dua, Ferrari,
Hyman, Laxminarayan, Levin, and Lund (2016), online networking is creating a
problem like uneasiness, sorrow, and other issues. Besides, the utilization of social
media has turned out to be a progressively troublesome issue for youngsters since
they invest most of their energy looking over social media applications and they don't
get anything in return as it is being subjected as a huge danger of youngster's mental
health. It is commonly discovered that unnecessary utilization of SNS can prompt
elevated misery, uneasiness, pain, depression, and disappointment with life, in this
manner falling apart psychological well-being.
Statement of the Problem
This study aims to provide answers in the following questions:
1.What does the use of social media affect the emotional well-being among senior
high school students?
2. What ways does social media influence the self-esteem of senior high school
students?
4. How do the positive and negative effects of social media impact the mental health
of selected senior high school students?
Significance of the study
This Study may contribute meaningfully in undersyanding, analyzing and coping up
with the said problem to the following: Teachers, Senior High School Students,
Parents, Teachers, Shool Administration and for the researchers
1.Students The study sheds light on how using social media affects their mental
health. In order to improve their general mental health, it can assist them in thinking
back on their online behaviors and implementing better habits.
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2 .Parents This study educates parents on the possible advantages and hazards of
social media use for mental health. With this information, parents can successfully
monitor their children's online activities and help them use the internet responsibly.
3. Teacher The study gives teachers a greater grasp of how social media affects
students' behavior, feelings, and academic achievement. They can incorporate mental
health issues into the curriculum or develop awareness campaigns using this expertise.
4. School Administration The results can assist school administrators in creating
programs or policies that encourage students' knowledge of mental health issues and
digital literacy.
5.Future Researcher The study can be used as a guide by future researchers who
wish to go deeper into similar subjects or broaden their focus to include additional
demographic groups.
Definition of terms
Assumption
It assumes that the study's findings will demonstrate a correlation between the
frequency and nature of social media use among senior high school students and their
mental well-being, potentially revealing negative impacts such as increased anxiety
and depression, or conversely, positive impacts such as enhanced social connection
and self-expression, depending on usage patterns and individual characteristics. The
research will analyze the frequency and nature of social media use, alongside
measures of mental well-being, to determine the strength and direction of this
relationship.
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Conceptual Framework
The Conceptual framework of the study was illustrated on the box, It includes the
inputs wich are the profile of the participants as the age, sex and year level. The
process indicates the questionnaires and surveys that will be done by the researcher.
The reseachers aim to provide an individual advice among senior high school
students.
Process:
Input:
Output
The study will gather
The aim is to provide
data including the:
individual advice and
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Age
encouragement
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Sex
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Year level
At Dagatan Integrated
National High School
Data collection will
involve
interviews,
questionnaires
conduct survey
and
students,
their
to
fostering
mental
health
awareness and selfesteem by motivating
them to use social
media
wisely
and
overcome challenges
that
involves
media.
social
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CHAPTER II
Review of Related literature and Studies
According to Woods and Scott (2016), social media has more negative
repercussions than favorable ones. Due to their tendency to spend more time on social
media than for educational objectives, students' academic development is negatively
impacted by this distraction from the classroom (Bekalu et al., 2019, Hettiarachchi,
2019). In today's communication environment, social media has become a vital part of
everyone's life, including students. Its use is expanding far more than it has in the past,
particularly in the post-pandemic era, when educational systems are undergoing a
considerable upheaval.
Approximately 3 billion people use social media for communication globally,
according to recent studies on the topic (Iwamoto and Chun, 2020). Facts and figures
indicate that people spend an average of two hours a day on various social media
applications, exchanging pictures and messages, updating their status, tweeting,
favoring, and commenting on numerous updated socially shared information. This
growing population of social media users is spending an increasing amount of time on
social network groups (Abbott, 2017).
According to Melkevik et al. (2015), Zou et al. (2019), and Hu et al. (2018),
excessive use of social networking sites can also result in a sedentary lifestyle and a
reduction in daily physical activity levels, making people more susceptible to
noncommunicable diseases like obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. Furthermore,
using social media negatively impacts mental health and can result in anxiety and
sadness.
In 2018, the Centers for Disease Control issued some sobering statistics about
student anxiety and depression. More than ever, teens are feeling lonely, nervous, and
sad. In the CDC poll, around one-third of teenagers reported experiencing ongoing
depression or pessimism. The Mental Health Association's head of public policy, John
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Richter, feels that social media is making this problem worse. Overuse of social
media has been connected to an alarming increase in a number of mental health
conditions among students, such as loneliness, sadness, and anxiety. "Teens who
spend more time on social media report higher rates of depression than those who
spend less time," according to psychologist Dr. Jean Twenge, author of iGen: Why
They're Overconnected and Underprepared ([Twenge, 2017]).
According to data from the National Institute of Mental Health, the prevalence
of depression among teenagers in the US rose by 70% between 2007 and 2017
([National Institute of Mental Health, 2019]). This is a concerning trend. Particularly
among young and impressionable students, the well manicured and frequently
unrealistic representations of beauty standards that are common on social media can
also exacerbate problems with self-esteem and poor body image beliefs.As described
by Iwamoto and Chun (2020), when students are affected by social media posts,
especially due to the increasing reliance on social media use in life, they may be
encouraged to begin comparing themselves to others or develop great unrealistic
expectations of themselves or others, which can have several affective consequences.