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.