The Relationship between Selfie and Happiness among Male and Female Nursing Students

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Lecturer of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of nursing, Cairo university, Egypt

Abstract

Selfies have become an addiction among college students, who spend a lot of time and money
uploading and sharing them on social media.The aim is to investigate the relationship between selfie
and happiness among male and female nursing students. Adescriptive, correlational and cross
sectional design was utilized in this study. A convenience sample of 480 nursing students was
utilized in this study. Three tools were used; a personal data sheet, the Selfitis Behavior Scale, and
the Oxford Happiness questionnaire.The Findings revealed that, 60.5% of nursing students were
female, and 67.4% of the studied sample had a moderate level of selfie-taking behavior.Moreover,
our findings demonstrated a statistically significant positive correlation between overall selfie-
taking activity and level of happiness scale. the research findings conclude that, the prevalence of
selfie-taking behavior is moderate level among nursing students, in today's electronic age, photo
sharing and selfie behavior are among the most essential activities people enjoy, particularly
students. Design psychoeducational programs for university students to enhance adolescents' self-
identity and increase awareness about selfie practice and its negative consequences are
recommended .

Keywords

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 13, Issue 2
June 2022
Pages 1886-1894

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics