IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON PSYCHOSOCIAL BEHAVIOUR

Background: Addiction to social media is harmful to student’s health. They frequently check their Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram. This habit of checking social accounts frequently can damage mental health. The main aim of this study was to examine the effect of social media on the psychosocial behavior and academic performance of adolescent students. Methodology: Two research hypotheses were formulated for the study, and 200 adolescent students were randomly selected for the study. Researcher-made validated questionnaire and academic performance test in the Marathi Language were used for data collection. Collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation. Conclusion: The research found that the use of social media affects the psychosocial behavior of adolescent students as they spend a lot of time on internet networking and become psychologically addicted, resulting in less attention and negative effects on other activities and aspects of their lives.