Fear of Other's Judgment, Self-esteem and Use of Social Networks Among Students

NCT ID: NCT06268756

Last Updated: 2024-02-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 500 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-02-07
• Study Completion Date: 2024-06-07

Brief Summary

Fear of being judged negatively by others can lead to avoidance of social situations or even social isolation. If the intensity of this fear is excessive and results in significant impairment of functioning or significant suffering, the subject may suffer from social anxiety.

The considerable growth of social networks in a decade has led to the emergence of new behaviors among young people. Individuals spend on average 2 hours and 27 minutes per day with differences in usage: time spent, social network used, function sought. The use of these networks may be reasonable and moderate but may also be excessive and abusive (Amnon, 2014). Some authors even talk about addiction or dependence on social networks (Perales and Billieux, 2020) even if the existence of this disorder is not consensus.

People who fear being judged negatively by others may be more at risk of misuse of social networks. Indeed, the use of social networks would compensate for their existing problems (Kardefelt-Winther, 2014) and would thus be a new emotional management strategy. It would also reduce dreaded social situations such as face-to-face exchanges (Weidman and Rodebaugh, 2012; Yen and Ko, 2012). Self-esteem is defined as a subjective judgment of oneself in relation to one's values and vision of the real and ideal self (Rosenberg. 1979). The greater the gap between the vision of the real self and the ideal self, the lower the self-esteem.

Detailed Description

The objective of the study is to study the influence of self-esteem on the association between the fear of being judged negatively by others and the use of social networks.

Conditions

Self-esteem

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_ONLY
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

students

students

Data collection

Intervention Type: OTHER

Data collection

Interventions

Data collection

Data collection

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• over 18 years of age
• students at a French school or university
• using social media
• agreeing to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Protected by law
• Refusing to participate in the study

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

JULIEN SWEERTS Sabrina

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne

Locations

Ufr Medecine Urca

Reims, , France

Site Status: RECRUITING

Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne

Reims, , France

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

France

Central Contacts

Barbe Coralie, DR

Role: CONTACT

coralie.barbe@univ-reims.fr

0326913665 ext. +33

CURRS CURRS

Role: CONTACT

curss@univ-reims.fr

0326918822 ext. +33

Facility Contacts

Coralie Barbe

Role: primary

coralie.barbe1@univ-reims.fr

326913665 ext. +33

CURRS CURRS

Role: primary

currs@univ-reims.fr

0326918822

Other Identifiers

2023_RIPH_020_RESANXIEST

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id