Interrelationship between Social Media Addiction and Mental Health of Emerging Adults

Objective: This study investigates interrelationship between independent factors and social media addiction and mental health of emerging adults. Study Area and Sample: The study was conducted in the Dharwad district of Karnataka State, India. The research was conducted during the year 2020-21. Total study sample consists of 160 students. Around 80 students from two arts colleges studying I year and II year and eighty students from two science colleges studying in I year and II year were selected. Methodology: A general self-structured questionnaires gather information regarding social media usage. Social media addiction tool by Tutgan and Deniz (2015) was used to assess social media addiction and mental health inventory by Jagadish and Srivasthava (1983) was used to assess mental health status. Results: Results indicate that age had significant negative correlation with social media and significant positive correlation mental health and education of father had significant positive correlation with social media addiction.