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Facebook, ensamhet och självkänsla - en studie om relationen mellan Facebook och användares upplevelse av sociala nätverk och eget värde

Svensson, Hannah LU and Bergstrand, Sofia LU (2014) PSYK11 20141
Department of Psychology
Abstract (Swedish)
Användning av sociala medier har ökat mer och mer under det senaste decenniet och ett av dessa är Facebook, en internetsida där användarna kan chatta med sina vänner, lägga upp foton samt titta på andras och göra statusuppdateringar. Denna studie undersöker om det finns en relation mellan hur människor använder sig av Facebook samt två specifika personlighetsdrag. Fokuset var ensamhet, som är indelat i social- och emotionell ensamhet enligt Whittenbergs skala, och självkänsla definierat enligt Rosenberg. Genom en internetundersökning fick deltagarna svara på frågor angående deras Facebook-användande, hur många Facebook-vänner de har samt frågor angående deras upplevelse av sig själva och sina sociala nätverk. Totalt svarade 95 personer... (More)
Användning av sociala medier har ökat mer och mer under det senaste decenniet och ett av dessa är Facebook, en internetsida där användarna kan chatta med sina vänner, lägga upp foton samt titta på andras och göra statusuppdateringar. Denna studie undersöker om det finns en relation mellan hur människor använder sig av Facebook samt två specifika personlighetsdrag. Fokuset var ensamhet, som är indelat i social- och emotionell ensamhet enligt Whittenbergs skala, och självkänsla definierat enligt Rosenberg. Genom en internetundersökning fick deltagarna svara på frågor angående deras Facebook-användande, hur många Facebook-vänner de har samt frågor angående deras upplevelse av sig själva och sina sociala nätverk. Totalt svarade 95 personer (ålder: M=27.98, SD=9.52) - analysen genomfördes på 94 av dessa eftersom den 95:e exkluderades på grund av oseriösa svar. Testen som utfördes var multipel regression och flera korrelationstest. De två viktigaste fynden var en relation mellan självkänsla och social ensamhet, vilket indikerar att människor som är socialt ensamma samtidigt har en låg självkänsla, samt att antal Facebook-vänner korrelerar negativt med hur socialt ensam en person känner sig. (Less)
Abstract
The use of social media has increased during the last decade, and one of them is Facebook, a website where the users can chat with friends, submit pictures, write status-updates and browse other people's entries. In this study, research was conducted to establish if there is a relationship between how people use Facebook and two specific aspects of personality. The focus of the study was loneliness, divided into social- and emotional loneliness according to Whittenberg’s scale, and self-esteem as defined by Rosenberg. The participants answered an internet survey with questions regarding their use of Facebook, number of Facebook friends as well as questions regarding their perceptions of themselves and their social networks. 95 people... (More)
The use of social media has increased during the last decade, and one of them is Facebook, a website where the users can chat with friends, submit pictures, write status-updates and browse other people's entries. In this study, research was conducted to establish if there is a relationship between how people use Facebook and two specific aspects of personality. The focus of the study was loneliness, divided into social- and emotional loneliness according to Whittenberg’s scale, and self-esteem as defined by Rosenberg. The participants answered an internet survey with questions regarding their use of Facebook, number of Facebook friends as well as questions regarding their perceptions of themselves and their social networks. 95 people participated (age: M=27.98, SD=9.52) - the analysis was perfomed with 94 of the participants, one participant had to be excluded due to rogue answers. Multiple regression and correlation tests were conducted. The two most important findings were a relationship between self-esteem and social loneliness, which indicates that socially lonely people also tend to have low self-esteem, as well as the finding that amount of Facebook-friends correlates negatively with how socially lonely a person feels. (Less)
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author
Svensson, Hannah LU and Bergstrand, Sofia LU
supervisor
organization
course
PSYK11 20141
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Emotional Loneliness, Social Loneliness, Self-esteem, Kommunikativt beteende, Självpresenterande, Facebookvänner, Självkänsla, Facebook, Social & Emotionell ensamhet, Communicative Behaviour, Self-presentation, Facebook-friends
language
Swedish
id
4497159
date added to LUP
2014-07-03 08:29:55
date last changed
2014-07-03 08:29:55
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  abstract     = {{The use of social media has increased during the last decade, and one of them is Facebook, a website where the users can chat with friends, submit pictures, write status-updates and browse other people's entries. In this study, research was conducted to establish if there is a relationship between how people use Facebook and two specific aspects of personality. The focus of the study was loneliness, divided into social- and emotional loneliness according to Whittenberg’s scale, and self-esteem as defined by Rosenberg. The participants answered an internet survey with questions regarding their use of Facebook, number of Facebook friends as well as questions regarding their perceptions of themselves and their social networks. 95 people participated (age: M=27.98, SD=9.52) - the analysis was perfomed with 94 of the participants, one participant had to be excluded due to rogue answers. Multiple regression and correlation tests were conducted. The two most important findings were a relationship between self-esteem and social loneliness, which indicates that socially lonely people also tend to have low self-esteem, as well as the finding that amount of Facebook-friends correlates negatively with how socially lonely a person feels.}},
  author       = {{Svensson, Hannah and Bergstrand, Sofia}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Facebook, ensamhet och självkänsla - en studie om relationen mellan Facebook och användares upplevelse av sociala nätverk och eget värde}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}