SOCIAL MEDIA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH SELF-ESTEEM AMONG ADOLESCENTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Abstract

Social media has a strong influence on life, health, communication, interests as well as psychology among adolescents It has effect both negative and positive effect on self-esteem. The aim of this study was to conduct systematic review about the relationship between social media use and self-esteem among adolescents. Four electronic databases were employed for the literature search: PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, and Science Direct. The keywords were used in this study based on MeSH, that were “social media” OR “social networking sites” AND “digital era” OR “technology era” OR “digital era” AND “self-esteem” AND “adolescence”. The inclusion criteria of the articles were limited in English language, published between 2019 and 2023, participants were adolescents. The articles were excluded from the study if it used non-English language, participants were adults, not original articles, and not published and reported as thesis or dissertation. This study following PRISMA. Initial studies that include in this review were 1791 articles, consisting of PubMed: 942 articles, Google Scholar: 400 articles, Scopus: 126 articles, and Science direct: 323 articles. We removed duplicate articles and screened the article based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Finally, there are 20 articles included in this study. There were 14 articles showed that there was relationship between social media and self-concept. Social media can increase self esteem among adolescents. This study can be evidence for nursing intervention to increase self-esteem among adolescents.