Self-Esteem and Social Appearance Anxiety of TikTok Users: Appraising Social Support as Probable Moderator

M.A. Amoda¹ , N. Domingo² , L.T. Gasgonia³ , C.C.O. Relleve⁴

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.8 , Issue.4 , pp.47-51, Apr-2022

Online published on Apr 30, 2022

Copyright © M.A. Amoda, N. Domingo, L.T. Gasgonia, C.C.O. Relleve . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
This study intends to find out the influence of Self-Esteem on and Social Appearance of Tik Tok Users, as well as to see if the aggregate Social Support from Significant Others, Families and Friends could serve as moderator. Fifty-three TikTok users were the respondent of this study who voluntarily answer through the Google Form link sent to them. The results revealed that the most watched videos of TikTok users were Dance Covers, level of Self-esteem is Average, levels of Social Support coming from significant others, families, and friends were all High. Most of the respondents have Above Average Social Appearance Anxiety. Self-esteem is negatively associated with Social Appearance Anxiety; Social Support has no direct and indirect effect to Social Appearance Anxiety, nor the Self-esteem influence the anxiety level of the respondents nor the combining Self-esteem and Social Support.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Self-Esteem, Social Support, Anxiety, TikTok

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