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A social identity perspective of social media's impact on satisfaction with life
Lisa Baker
Southern New Hampshire University
MAT:133
Introduction
Focus
The study focuses on understanding the impact of social media usage on an individual's
satisfaction with life. The study was conducted from a social identity perspective, which means it
considers how individuals' social identities influence their life satisfaction.
Purpose
The study aimed at understanding the impact of certain aspects of this dark side. "Social
media addiction, fear of missing out, and narcissism, on self‐esteem, and their links with
satisfaction with life . (Dutot, 2020).
Group
A total of 260 responses were received from the 265 survey links sent out. A wide range
of ages are represented among the respondents. According to Dotut (2020), the demographics of
the 260 individuals participating in the study were slightly skewed, with more men (52.3%) than
women (47.7%). The majority of respondents (43.1%) were between 26 and 35 years old,
followed by 36–49 years old (30.8%), and 19–25 years old (18.4%).
Analysis
Research Methods
Vincent Dotut's research on the impact of social media on life satisfaction from a social
identity perspective involved several steps to test the hypothesis. The researchers selected a
sample of individuals who actively use social media. The sample was diverse in terms of age,
gender, and social background to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the impact of social
media across different demographics. He also used data collection and Independent Variable:
Social media usage and identification with online communities Dependent Variable: Satisfaction
with life. The researchers used statistical analysis to test the relationship between the variables.
They used regression analysis to determine if there was a significant relationship between social
media usage, identification with online communities, and life satisfaction.The results of the
analysis were then used to draw conclusions about the hypothesis.
Outcomes
The study "A social identity perspective of social media's impact on satisfaction with
life" by Vincent Dutot explored the relationships between various psychological constructs
and SWL. Regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses. For example H1a: Addiction
→ CSES (Collective Self-Esteem) Result: Accepted Statistics: β = .240*, T statistic = 1.780
H1b: Addiction → SSES (Social Self-Esteem) Result: Rejected Statistics: β = .138, T statistic =
1.137 etc. The study found that Addiction to social media has a positive impact on
Collective Self-Esteem but does not significantly affect Social Self-Esteem, Fear of Missing
Out (FoMO) negatively impacts both Collective Self-Esteem and Social Self-Esteem, and it
also negatively affects Satisfaction with Life, Narcissism is positively associated with
Collective Self-Esteem but does not have a significant relationship with Social Self-Esteem,
Collective Self-Esteem positively influences both Satisfaction with Life and Social Self-
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Esteem, Social Self-Esteem does not have a significant effect on Satisfaction with Life.The
accepted hypotheses suggest a significant relationship between the variables, while the
rejected hypotheses indicate that the relationship was not statistically significant. An
understanding of how social media use and psychological factors affect an individual's self is
gained from these findings.
References
Dutot, V. (2020). A social identity perspective of social media’s impact on satisfaction
with life.
Psychology & Marketing
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(6). https://doi.org/10.1002/mar.21333