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Social Interaction Anxiety, Self-Esteem Vis-A-Vis Internet Usage – A Study On Young Adults

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  • Swaha Bhattacharya
  • Sona Biswas

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The aim of the present investigation is to study the social interaction anxiety and self-esteem of internet users between the ages 18 to 25 years. Accordingly, a group of 90 internet users (30 from internet user without addiction, 30 from internet user with mild addiction and 30 from internet user with moderate addiction) were selected as sample in this investigation. A General Information Schedule, Internet Addiction Test, Social Interaction Anxiety Scale and Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale were used as tools. The findings revealed that social interaction anxiety increases with the increase of internet usage, on the other hand, self-esteem is comparatively higher among the internet users without addiction than that of the mild and moderately addicted internet users. Besides this, there is positive correlation between internet usage and social interaction anxiety. On the contrary, there is negative correlation between internet usage and self-esteem. Considering the findings of the study, it can be said that there is a dire need to develop intervention strategies for the internet addicted people to increase their self-esteem and also to reduce their problems related to social interaction anxiety. Key words: Social-interaction anxiety, Self-esteem and Internet usage

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  • Swaha Bhattacharya & Sona Biswas, 2015. "Social Interaction Anxiety, Self-Esteem Vis-A-Vis Internet Usage – A Study On Young Adults," Working papers 2015-12-01, Voice of Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:vor:issues:2015-12-01
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