Role of Personality, Self-Esteem And Emotional Intelligence On Selfie Obssesion and Social Media Usage

Abstract

The growing popularity of selfie-taking and social media platforms encouraged to investigate the present study. The aim of the research is to study the role of personality, self-esteem and emotional intelligence on selfie obsession and social media usage. The sample consisted of 130 students (70 males and 60 females) of Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed to be University), Patiala. For this purpose, the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, Big Five Inventory (BFI), Traits Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire, Selfitis Behavior Scale (SBS), Facebook Intensity Scale were used. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, correlation, and linear regression. The findings suggest that people high on agreeableness, conscientiousness, and extrovert are more selfie-obsessed. Also, those who are high on extroversion and openness use more social media sites. There was no relationship between self-esteem and selfie obsession, self-esteem and social media usage. Emotional intelligence is partially related to selfie obsession and had no relation to social media usage.