Self-esteem and perceived social support among Sarahah users.
Introduction: Sarahah is an online application that allows the anonymous exchange of messages. Lately, the application gained extensive fame among Internet users in Egypt. This study aimed to assess self-esteem and perceived social support among Sarahah users and explore the correlates with the appl...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice (2198-1833) Vol. 28; no. 6; pp. 685 - 692 |
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2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=147103160&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 147103160 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 21981833 NENI jtl: Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice (2198-1833) issn: 21981833 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2020 vid: 28 iid: 6 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 147103160 10.1007/s10389-019-01088-y ppf: 685 ppct: 7 formats: tig: atl: Self-esteem and perceived social support among Sarahah users. aug: au: Arafa, Ahmed Senosy, Shaimaa affil: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, 62511, Beni-Suef, Egypt su: Egypt Age distribution Focus groups Internet Self-esteem testing Self-perception Sex distribution World Wide Web Qualitative research Social support Socioeconomic factors Educational attainment Cross-sectional method Application software Confidence intervals Questionnaires Sample size (Statistics) Statistical significance Mobile apps Data analysis software Descriptive statistics Odds ratio sug: subj: Age distribution Focus groups Internet Self-esteem testing Self-perception Sex distribution World Wide Web Qualitative research Social support Socioeconomic factors Educational attainment Cross-sectional method Egypt Software Publishers Software publishers (except video game publishers) Custom Computer Programming Services Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals Wired Telecommunications Carriers Other Individual and Family Services Application software Confidence intervals Questionnaires Sample size (Statistics) Statistical significance Mobile apps Data analysis software Descriptive statistics Odds ratio keyword: Internet use Perceived social support Sarahah Self-esteem Internet use Perceived social support Sarahah Self-esteem ab: Introduction: Sarahah is an online application that allows the anonymous exchange of messages. Lately, the application gained extensive fame among Internet users in Egypt. This study aimed to assess self-esteem and perceived social support among Sarahah users and explore the correlates with the application use. Methods: Two focus group discussions were held to explore the opinions of Internet users about Sarahah application. Then, we created an online questionnaire, using a Google form, to assess the participants' socio-demographic characteristics, self-esteem using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, social support using the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and patterns of Sarahah use. Results: Of the 524 respondents to the questionnaire, 28.8% were Sarahah users. Knowing the opinions of others and entertainment were the primary drives behind the application use; 49% and 43% respectively. Low self-esteem (OR 1.6, 95% CI: 1.1–2.5, p = 0.028), age ≤ 25 years (OR 2.4, 95% CI: 1.1–5.2, p = 0.025), and being single (OR 3.4, 95% CI: 1.5–7.5, p = 0.003) associated with Sarahah use after adjustment for age, sex, education, occupation, and social status. Perceived social support did not show significant differences between Sarahah users and non-users. Conclusion: Sarahah users have lower self-esteem than non-users. Future studies investigating other psychological deficits related to Sarahah use are needed. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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