The effects of college student's self-esteem, relative deprivation, and interpersonal relationship ability on SNS fatigue

This study is a descriptive research study to understand the relationship between self-esteem, relative deprivation, interpersonal relationship ability and SNS fatigue among college students and to understand the effect on SNS fatigue. The subjects of the study were students enrolled in universities located in D Metropolitan City and K Province and the data collection period was from September 30 to October 7, 2020 through the online community of university students. The survey tools was self-esteem, relative deprivation, interpersonal relationship ability and SNS fatigue, and the number of study subjects was calculated through G power 3.1.9. Collected data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis using SPSS/WIN 21.0 program. As a result, self-esteem score was 3.19±0.30, the relative deprivation score was 3.19±0.38, the interpersonal relationship ability score was 3.66±0.50, and SNS fatigue was 2.97±0.61. SNS fatigue was positively correlated with relative deprivation(r=.232, p=.002), SNS fatigue and self-esteem(r=-.351, p<.001) and SNS fatigue and interpersonal relationship ability(r=-.311, p<.001) were negatively correlated. The explanatory power of SNS fatigue was 16.5%(F = 6.581, (p<.001). Based on these results, it can be significant in that it provides a basis for the development of programs that can reduce side effects and maximize utility at the individual level of SNS users and basic data for future research.