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Shalini Pathania, Shivani, Kanika, Diksha, Divanshi, Hangmoti
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10.52711/jnmr.2025.30 
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Shalini Pathania1, Shivani2, Kanika3, Diksha3, Divanshi3, Hangmoti3
1Professor, Mental Health Nursing, Abhilashi College of Nursing, Nerchowk Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.
2Nursing Tutor, Child Health Nursing, Abhilashi College of Nursing, Nerchowk Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.
3B.Sc. Nursing Students, Abhilashi College of Nursing, Nerchowk Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.
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Volume - 4,
Issue - 4,
Year - 2025
ABSTRACT:
Selfitis is a mental condition in which the person feel compelled to continuously take selfies and post pictures of themselves on social-media. Initially, clicking selfies start with fun and timepass, it gradually becomes a habit and slowly change it to an addiction. The present study was conducted to assess the selfitis behaviour among college students in selected colleges of distt. Mandi [H.P.] and to find out association between level of selfitis behaviour with their selected socio-demographic variables. A quantitative research approach and non-experimental descriptive design was used to assess the selfitis behaviour among college students. Total sample of study were 100 college students. A convenience sampling technique was used to select sample. Modified selfitis behaviour scale was prepared to assess the level of selfitis behaviour among college students. The findings showed that majority of college students had acute selfitis behaviour [58%], chronic selfitis behaviour [38%] and few of them [4%] had borderline selfitis behaviour. There was a significant association between level of selfitis behaviour with gender (x²=10.838, p-value= 0.031*) and monthly family income (x²=10.838, p-value= 0.031*) which influences the level of selfitis behaviour among college students. Whereas the other sample characteristics (age, marital status, religion, residing in, type of family, educational status of student, educational status of father and mother, medium of education, social media usage per day, preferred social media for posting selfies and source of information regarding selfitis behaviour) were not statistically significant at 0.05 level of significance. The study concludes that college students have acute selfitis behaviour.
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Shalini Pathania, Shivani, Kanika, Diksha, Divanshi, Hangmoti. A Study to Assess the Selfitis Behaviour among College Students in Selected Colleges of Dist. Mandi [H.P.]. A and V Pub Journal of Nursing and Medical Research. 2025;4(4):133-5. doi: 10.52711/jnmr.2025.30
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Shalini Pathania, Shivani, Kanika, Diksha, Divanshi, Hangmoti. A Study to Assess the Selfitis Behaviour among College Students in Selected Colleges of Dist. Mandi [H.P.]. A and V Pub Journal of Nursing and Medical Research. 2025;4(4):133-5. doi: 10.52711/jnmr.2025.30 Available on: https://jnmronline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2025-4-4-6
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