ABSTRACT
Background: Selfie’ means “A photograph that one has taken of oneself or a self portrait photograph typically taken with a smart phone or digital camera and shared via social media”. Considering the dependency on Internet and selfie taking behavior among professional students, the study was undertaken. Aims and Objective- to determine the demographic profile of selfie users and different variables related to selfie taking and posting and its association with risky dangerous selfie. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted among 220 undergraduate medical students were using smartphone. Data was collected and analyzed using SPSS version 21. Results: Male students of middle class family of urban areas were more involved in taking selfie. Females were comparatively spending more time (2-3 hrs) on Internet (X2 =19.494 and p = .001).Total 14% students were taking 3-5 selfie and posted on social media(Statistically significant,X2 =7.882,p =0.019). 19(8.63%) participants admitted of taking dangerous selfie of which male 13(14.0%) more than female 06(8.4%). Conclusion: Age and gender affects the number of selfies one clicks. This is developing a new mental disorder ‘selfitis’ as well as desire to take dangerous selfie. There is need of health awareness programme, IEC regarding importance of healthy life style.
ABSTRACT
Selfies are exploding social media all over the world. The number of self-portrait photos posted online has grown rapidly as a function of the simultaneous growth of social networking and smart phone use. It has triggered a number of risk taking and offensive public behaviour, pushing the boundaries of safety and decorum. Hence, the following study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of Selfitis in the upcoming generation of today's world, whose life mostly revolves around social media and friends. To assess the prevalence of Selfitis among undergraduate I year students. To associate the prevalence of Selfitis among undergraduate I year students with selected socio-demographic variables. Non-experimental univariate descriptive survey approach was used to determine the prevalence of Selfitis among undergraduate I year students of Arts and Commerce Colleges (n=200). Selection of the institution was done by non-probability convenient sampling technique and undergraduate I year students were selected by non-probability purposive sampling technique from Bhopal city, Madhya Pradesh. The modified Selfitis Behaviour Scale developed by Janarthanan Balakrishnan and Mark D. Griffiths was used for data collection. The findings revealed that the overall prevalence of Selfitis was 97.5% (195) and 2.5% (5) of individuals did not have Selfitis and prevalence of acute Selfitis was higher i.e. 76.92% (150) and that of chronic Selfitis and borderline Selfitis was 11.28% (22) and 11.8% (23) respectively. The mean and standard percentage of the score was 49.3850 and 15.05357 respectively. The prevalence of Selfitis was higher in males (52.82%) as compared to females (47.18%). Hence, it is evident that there is significant prevalence of Selfitis among undergraduate I year students. Except gender none of the socio-demographic variables influenced the prevalence of Selfitis. The craze of selfies is turning out to be very harmful for adolescents because it is at this age that identity of an individual develops and if these unreal standards of appearance are bombarded on the young mind, it will have a catastrophic effect on the whole generation.