Behind the Screen

The present study was undertaken to examine self-disclosure, alienation and mental health of users of social networking sites. This study was delimited to first year undergraduate students of 10 educational institutions. Results of chi-square revealed that gender-wise differences exist in social networking sites usage among undergraduate social networking sites users regarding number, place, mode, timings, frequency of using social networking sites, the person with whom they interact, kind of information shared and preference for privacy settings. Results of ANOVA revealed that males as well as undergraduate social networking sites users with low mental health and from arts stream have more social networking sites usage as compared to their respective counterparts. Stream of study interacts significantly with mental health (second order interaction) and it interacts significantly with self-disclosure and mental health as well as with alienation and mental health (triple order interactions) to effect social networking sites usage among undergraduate social networking sites users.