The relationship between social media use and nomophobia in university students with self-esteem and body image

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of social media usage and nomophobia on self-esteem and body image. The sample of the study consists of 269 people. The study consists of university students, who are in the age group where social media usage is intense. To the research participants; Sociodemographic Information Form, Social Media Usage Scale, Nomophobia Scale, Self Esteem Rating Scale (Short Form), Body Appreciation Scale were applied. The obtained data were analyzed and interpreted with Spss 22 program. As a result of the research, it has been seen that nomophobia and social media use are related. According to the research findings, a significant relationship was found between the use of social media and self-esteem. A similar finding was also found between nomophobia and self-esteem. It was observed that there was no significant relationship between the use of social media and the body image of nomophobia. According to the sociodemographic information form. Also, it was found that use of social media is associated with a significant difference in terms of psychiatric illness, the most frequently used social media platform, and the number of followers. It has been revealed that there are significant differences in the self-esteem variable in terms of the number of siblings, physical disability, psychiatric illness, body mass index, the most frequently used social media platform, and the number of followers. Significant difference was observed between the body image that last variable, and body mass index.