Social Media Addiction and Learned Helplessness in Young Adults of South India

Page No 85-90.

Sreevaishnavi Dhurjati and Alka Ranjan
JAIN (Deemed to be) University, Bengaluru.

Social media addiction has an impact on behavior and changes the lifestyle of an
individual to such an extent that they are helpless to control the situation. This study
investigates the association between social media addiction and learned helplessness
in young adults. Data is collected through an online survey method from a sample of
171 young adults between 18-25 years. The statistical analysis of the data reveals a
significant correlation between learned helplessness and social media addiction in
young adults. Preventive steps and intervention strategies can be accordingly designed
for social media addiction by considering this factor