Anxiety and Depression caused by Social Media in Students' Psychology

Running Head: PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY
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Abstract
Social media is considered to be a driven factor that caused depression and anxiety among the
students. In this regard, the purpose of this proposal is to identify the intensity of the social
media on causing trouble in Students’ psychology. In addition to this, the discussion also
incorporates an understanding regarding the role of the principals of the schools and colleges.
Furthermore, the urban Boston region is identified as the sample location with a sample size of
10 students and 1 principal from each school. As a matter of fact, mix methodology is used in for
collecting data from the samples. Therefore, it can be concluded that the proposal is accurate and
follows the ten strategic points correctly.

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Table of Contents
Topic................................................................................................................................................3
Literature review..............................................................................................................................3
a. Background of the problem..................................................................................................3
b. Theoretical foundation..........................................................................................................3
c. Review literature...................................................................................................................4
d. Summary...............................................................................................................................4
Problem statement...........................................................................................................................5
Sample and location.........................................................................................................................5
Research questions...........................................................................................................................6
Hypothesis.......................................................................................................................................6
Methodology....................................................................................................................................7
Purpose statement............................................................................................................................7
Data collection.................................................................................................................................7
Data analysis....................................................................................................................................7
Reference.........................................................................................................................................9

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Topic
The topic of this research proposal is “Anxiety and Depression connected to use of
Social Media in the 21st Century High-School and College Student Population.”
Literature review
a. Background of the problem
i. Due to the rapid use of social media it is become a common psychological
disorder among the young and adults and hampering their natural sleep that leads
to mental disorder and blockage (Woods & Scott, 2016).
ii. According to Andreassen et al., (2016) poor sleep quality can cause anxiety and
depression among the young and adults. Moreover, the vulnerability of
continuous surfing on social media creates low self-esteem and self-centredness.
iii. In the studies, Guntuku et al., (2017) showed that depression became a common
phenomenon among the students because continuous surfing on the social media
leads them to develop a poor self-esteem or over confidence. As a result of that
when they failed to accomplish something then it affected them emphatically.
b. Theoretical foundation
i. It can be argued that the perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness
are the primary theory behind depression that leads to suicide tendency among the
victims (Blease, 2015).
ii. On the other hand, Ma et al., (2016) advocated that after the advent of the social
media it became a chronic disease among the youths to get suffered with the