@selflovewarrior.id an Instagram Account to Improve Indonesian Youth Self-esteem

Sarah Fadila, Amia Luthfia

2021

Abstract

Social media has become a part of youth life in Indonesia, especially Instagram. Although research on the detrimental impacts of social media on youth well-being has been extensive, it is possible that the content of social media has a positive effect on youth self-esteem. In addition, Instagram accounts can be an educational medium for youth especially for mental health education and communication. The purpose of this study is to investigate self-comparison and Instagram @selflovewarrior. id accounts affect youth’s self-esteem. Therefore, this study analysed the effect of an Instagram account that campaigns mental health awareness and focuses on youths’ well-being that is @selflovewarrior.id. We examined the effect of @selflovewarrior.id and self-comparison behaviour on youth self-esteem. This research used a quantitative approach with a survey method. The respondents were followers of the @selflovewarrior.id account. Results showed that @selflovewarrior.id account had a 15.9% effect on youth self-esteem, and self-comparison behavior affected 48.5% in youth self-esteem. The two variables together influenced youth self-esteem of 21.2%. It seems that @selflovewarrior.id is able to have a positive influence on youth self-esteem, but the tendency of youth to compare themselves with others still has a considerable influence on self-esteem. It is worth multiplying the types of well-being accounts like @selflovewarrior.id to offset the negative influence of social media on youth.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Fadila S. and Luthfia A. (2021). @selflovewarrior.id an Instagram Account to Improve Indonesian Youth Self-esteem. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-602-6, pages 86-94. DOI: 10.5220/0011244200003376

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri21,
author={Sarah Fadila and Amia Luthfia},
title={@selflovewarrior.id an Instagram Account to Improve Indonesian Youth Self-esteem},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2021},
pages={86-94},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011244200003376},
isbn={978-989-758-602-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - @selflovewarrior.id an Instagram Account to Improve Indonesian Youth Self-esteem
SN - 978-989-758-602-6
AU - Fadila S.
AU - Luthfia A.
PY - 2021
SP - 86
EP - 94
DO - 10.5220/0011244200003376