Selfie Taking Behaviour and its Impact on Wellbeing of College Students
Abstract
Modern technology is an important part of our daily life and it is not possible to neglect its effect on
human life. Addiction of smartphone reported in many studies that selfie taking behaviour may bring
negative impact on wellbeing of college going students and create many problems nowadays;
specifically, the practice of selfie taking by college students and sharing on social media. It has also
become matter of investigation. The present study was conducted to assess the selfie taking behaviour
and its impact on wellbeing of college students at selected colleges of Amritsar. A descriptive study
was conducted by enrolling 200 college students from two arts colleges. Simple random sampling
technique, lottery method (without replacement) was used for the enrolment. Socio-demographic
profile was used to assess the socio-demographic variable and standardized selfitis behaviour scale
and wellbeing scale was used to assess the selfie taking behaviour and wellbeing of college students.
The results revealed that 116 (58%) were between 18 and 20 years, 112 (56%) were studying in 1st
year, 122 (61%) had monthly income of below Rs. 10000, 131 (65.5%) were from rural area, 92
(46%) of fathers had secondary education, 108 (54%) of mothers had primary education, 94 (47%) of
fathers were employed, 137 (68.5%) were home makers and 155 (77.5%) reported that they did not
use selfie stick. Majority 67 (33.5%) had borderline selfitis behavior, 64 (32%) had acute selfitis
behavior, 55 (27.5%) had normal selfitis behavior and 14 (7%) had chronic selfitis behavior. Mean
score was 53.13±16.28. Majority 61 (78.2%) had average wellbeing, 13 (16.7%) had high wellbeing
and 4 (5.1%) had low wellbeing. Mean score was 157.91±17.20. Education of father of college
students (F=3.593, p=0.032) was found to have statistically significant association with level of
selfitis behaviour of college students. Habitat of college students (t=7.640, p=0.001) was found to
have statistically significant association with wellbeing of college of students. The other socio-
demographic variables were found to have non-significant association with selfitis behaviour and
wellbeing of college students. Study findings concluded that there was an average impact of selfie
taking behaviour on wellbeing of college students. So, mental health screening and increased
awareness among teachers and parents can reduce the negative impact of selfie taking behaviour.
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