Social Media Use and Its Relationship with Selfesteem And Psychological Distress Among Preuniversity Students

This research aimed to determine the level of social media use among preuniversity students and the association between social media use with selfesteem and psychological distress. Participants of this study were 173 students from ASASIpintar pre-university program in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Instruments used were three sets of questionnaires obtained from Gupta and Bashir (2018), Lovibond and Lovibond (1995), and Rosenberg (1965). This study showed that the level of social media use among ASASIpintar students was moderate while social media use was positively associated with selfesteem and psychological distress