Vol. 11, Special Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
P Yamini and Dr. Lata Pujar

Abstract:
The present study was conducted in the Dharwad district of Karnataka during the year 2020-21 to understand the social media usage of emerging adults. A sample of 160 students was selected from arts and science stream degree colleges of Dharwad. A survey method was employed by using mental health inventory for assessing the mental health level of participants. Results revealed that majority of the participants had poor level of mental health status and some had average mental health status. It was also found that mental health status was affected by number of different individual factors like age, gender, stream and number of social media apps used. So, there is a need to provide intervention to improve mental health of emerging adults by limiting social media usage.