Title: Role of social media addiction on self-esteem and mediating effect of mindfulness

Authors: Kajul Bharti; Akshay Kumar Satsangi

Addresses: Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, UP 282005, India ' Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, UP 282005, India

Abstract: In recent times, social media addiction is a very common issue among individuals. Social media addiction has become a topic of high interest and concern in society because it is an urge-driven disorder with a strong compulsive component. Mindfulness is described as being in the present moment and self-esteem refers to respect for one's own self and knowing one's own worth. This study has been conducted to know the social media addiction and its influence on self-esteem and a mediation effect of mindfulness. The present empirical study involved 288 respondents whose data had been collected employing a snowball sampling method. Confirmatory factor analysis and path analysis have been used to analyse the result. The findings suggest that there is a significant direct impact of social media addiction on self-esteem with or without the mediation effect of mindfulness. The study also reveals that there is an existence of partial mediation.

Keywords: social media addiction; SMA; confirmatory factor analysis; CFA; self-esteem; mindfulness; path analysis; mediation; social media; AMOS SEM.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMCP.2023.130047

International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy, 2023 Vol.16 No.2, pp.160 - 174

Received: 17 Jul 2022
Accepted: 19 Jul 2022
Published online: 04 Apr 2023 *

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