Committed Relationships: Relationship between Social media Addiction, Quality of Romantic Relationship, Interpersonal Trust, Self-Esteem, and Life Satisfaction

Social Media has become an integral part of modern-day life. It has penetrated all aspects of life including romantic relationships. Romantic relationships are built on a building block called “trust”. With the rise in social media platforms, networking has become easier than ever. Partner monitoring or “stalking” one’s partner online has deteriorating effects on the relationship. Keeping track of other people’s lives has led to social comparisons which can cause the self-esteem of a person to take a dip. Further, this can lead to a negative view of one’s life leading to low life satisfaction. The purpose of the current research is to find out the relationship between Social Media Addiction on the Quality of Romantic Relationships, Interpersonal Trust, Self-Esteem, and Life Satisfaction in couples in committed relationships. Standardized scales were used on 60 individuals (N=60, 30 males, 30 females) in the age range of 20-30 years. Salience of social media usage was found to be negatively correlated with relationship satisfaction and interpersonal trust. A negative correlation was observed between social media addiction and faith. A negative correlation was also seen between conflict about social media usage and self esteem. Social media has become an indispensable part of our lives. Hence, we should make a conscious effort to monitor our social media usage and become more aware of how we can minimize its impact on our personal lives.