Republic of the Philippines

Dalubhasaan ng Lungsod ng Lucena

Lucena City

Research Title: Influence of social media on the students’ self-esteem and academic performance in
Dalubhasaan ng Lungsod ng Lucena

Respondent’s Information
Age: ____________
Gender/Sex: __________
Time spent in Social Media (in hours daily): _____________
GWA: _________

General Instructions: Please provide your response to the following statements. Put a check (/) on the box
provided that corresponds to the level of influence of social media on your/students’ self-esteem.
Below is the scale that will correspond to your answer.
Verbal Interpretation
5 Extremely Influential
4 Very Influential
3 Somewhat Influential
2 Slightly Influential
1 Not at all Influential

I. Positive influence of social media on the students’ self-esteem.

Please provide your response to the following statements. 1 2 3 4 5

1. I easily get motivated in social media whenever I see photos,
videos that I like.

2. I am confident to share my photos, videos or achievements in

social media.

3. I am happy and confident when my friends are reacting and

commenting on my post.

4. I am confident to express my thoughts and opinions in social

media even it is an academic matter or personal matter.

5. I use social media to help increase my self-esteem.

6. I use as motivation the things that I see on social media that I

think I am lack of.

7. I am confident to socialize/interact with other people in

social media.

8. I dress up/make up because I wanted to feel pretty to satisfy

myself satisfaction especially when I am posting my photos
 in social media.

9. I do not see someone as a standard on social media because I

believe that we are different and unique in our own way.

10. I met a lot of people on social media who became my

personal friends and they help me boost my confidence in
socializing.

II. Possible negative effects of social media on the students’ self-esteem.

1. I can easily get affected on what I see on social media and it

changes the way I see myself.

2. I get jealous of other people that I see on social media

because I am not like them.

3. I am afraid to share my thoughts, photos or achievements

because I think that they will judge me.

4. I prefer to stay silent/quiet about my thoughts and opinions

on social media because I am afraid that I’m wrong.

5. I get anxious if I see someone commented on my posts

because I always think they will throw bad comments about
me.

6. I think I need to change the way I dress and speak to become

part of the standard in society.

7. I feel that I need to gain a lot of likes whenever I post on my

social media accounts.

8. I need to put some make up because I don’t want to have

negative comments about how I look before posting on
social media.

9. I have low self-esteem because of using social media.

10. I don’t entertain people from social media because I think

they will not like me.