The Relationship Between Social Comparison and Self-Esteem Among Late Adolescent Instagram Users

Abstract

Instagram is a social media that is popular among all age groups, but especially late teens. Social media allows each individual to explore, see, imitate, and even define a standard. When teenagers compare themselves to other people on Instagram, this certainly has an impact on their self-esteem. The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between social comparison among late adolescents who use Instagram and their self-esteem. This research uses quantitative research method. The data used in this study is primary data collected from 198 respondents in West Jakarta with an age range of 18-22 years, who use Instagram for at least 3 hours. Participants in this study were selected by purposive sampling, and the data were processed using correlation testing. The result is r =-0.245, p> 0.01. Based on the results of the correlation test, it can be concluded that there is a correlation between social comparison and self-esteem.