Comparing Personality Traits, Mental Health and Self-Esteem in Users and Non-Users of Social Networks

• Main Authors: Soheila Jafarpour, Hoshang Jadidi, Seyed Ali Hosseini Almadani
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Razavi Hospital, Mashhad, Iran 2017-09-01
• Series: Razavi International Journal of Medicine
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.5812/rijm.61401

Background Various aspects of the psychological component have been affected by the spread of social networks and using these networks by the students. Objectives This study aimed to examine the personality traits, mental health and self-esteem in users and non-users of social networks. Methods This study conducted as a casual-comparative study among the descriptive designs. In this regard, 372 female high school students studying in the school year 2015 - 2016 were selected from the Instagram and Telegram users of the social networks using multi-stage cluster sampling. Self-made demographic information questionnaire for the participants, Rosenberg questionnaire for evaluating self-esteem index, Hegzako questionnaire for personality traits and Goldberg mental health questionnaire for mental health index were used in the study. Data were analyzed by chi-square, analysis of variance and Bonferroni test. Results The results showed that there was a significant difference between users and non-users groups in terms of openness personality component (P < 0.05). Furthermore, there was a significant difference in four components of mental health (P < 0.01). There was also a significant difference for self-esteem index between two groups (P < 0.05). Conclusions The findings of this study emphasize the attention to psychological factors in planning of preventive interventions.