TO STUDY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGY CAPITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE

Abstract

Billions of people worldwide use social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn to connect, share, and communicate. The emergence of social media has caused enormous shifts in how individuals connect, work, and see themselves. This study investigates the relationship between social media usage and psychological capital. We explore how different patterns of social media engagement influence psychological resources, including self-efficacy, optimism, hope, and resilience. The study employs correlation analysis to examine the direction and strength of the associations between social media use and each psychological capital component. Subsequently, regression analysis is conducted to determine the independent and combined effects of social media use on psychological capital. The findings from this study will contribute to a deeper understanding of how social media interacts with psychological well-being and potentially inform strategies to promote positive mental health in the digital age. These findings provide useful insights about how social media is positively correlated with psychology capital. These apps are designed in such a way it help people to gain optimism , self-efficacy, resilience and hope. The sample used was between the age group of 15 – 25 from adolescence to early adulthood.