The Predictive Ability of addiction to Social Networking sites on Self-esteem and Loneliness among Second-year Secondary School Students

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the predictive ability of addiction to social networking sites on self-esteem and loneliness among a sample of secondary school students. The study sample consisted of 627 male and female students in the second year of secondary education from eight secondary schools. Three scales for measuring social networking addiction, self-esteem and loneliness were used. The results showed that the subscales of the social networking sites addiction that positively predicted self-esteem were conflict and mood modification and negatively predicted tolerance, which negatively predicted loneliness are withdrawal and conflict, and positively predicted tolerance.