Instagram Usage and Mental Health Impact on Undergraduate Students of Pakistan

Abstract

The main objectives of this study were that how Instagram affects the users psychologically and make depressed them. the higher-level reliance on Instagram reliance faced more isolation and social inferiority. This highlight that though this application purposes for connectivity, its purposeless usage can absurdly drag users to emotional breakdown and decrease mutual interaction in the young society. Learners may prefer digital existence over purposeful direct communication, which makes a worse feeling of loneliness. This research study observes that how usage of Instagram affects trauma, depression and other psychological diseases in 300 Pakistani undergraduate students. The quantitative research methods approach was applied where researcher collected data through online survey and the researcher sent questionnaire to 350 respondents for getting their response where 300 given their response of the questions Instagram from students of various departments. In the study usage pattern of Instagram and demographic details along with psychological effects with measuring frequencies and percentages were observed. The data was analysed by using SPSS software version 28 for data analysis and interpretations where results show that there are both positive and negative impacts where several undergraduates observed tension and stress, physical diseases due to excessive usage of Instagram. Nevertheless, few findings suggest about social circles and updates and information. Numerical findings more suggest that 40% of undergraduates use Instagram 2 to 4 hours in a day, 56.7 % are female, and more than half (57 %) report stress after use of Instagram. Study reveals these trends in individual and as well as in group perceptions.