Indian Journal of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy - An International Journal
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 2

Correlation between social networking Users and social Anxiety among College Going students

1BOT Intern Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi

2Assistant Professor (OT), Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi

*Corrosponding author: -Md Shamshe Alam BOT Intern, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi-62. Email: -Shamsealam4u@gmail.com MOB-9891023757

Online published on 3 April, 2018.

Abstract

Young generation are growing very fast in the field of social communication resulting development of stress and anxiety. The aim of this study was to find out the relationship between social communication and its cause (anxiety). This study included 116 subjects of professional course's students from the community. Each subject was given a questionnaire, focusing on (1) how many times recharge balance/month (2) how much recharge balance/month (3) frequency of use social networking sites (4) hours of use social networking sites/day and (5) preference to talk. Result was found positive correlation between number of recharge and social interaction anxiety scale (SIAS) which is highly significant, how much recharge with SIAS, frequency of use and SIAS, hours of use and SIAS, where as negative correlation found between preference to talk and SiAS.

Keywords

Social networking sites, Social anxiety