IMPACT OF USING SOCIAL MEDIA ON WELL-BEING OF IN-SERVICE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AT VARANASI

In modern era, as Social Media Addiction (SMA) is recognized as major cause of declined psychological, social and physical well-being of our society including teaching professionals. Different Social Networking Sites (SNS) usage has become increasingly pervasive among professional and teachers in the last decade; it was not known if these platforms are positively or negatively related to teacher's mental health and well-being. This study made its effort to analyze significance of social media addiction status and purpose on well-being of school teachers. There are 6601 primary teachers working in govt. school at Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh state. Through incidental sampling technique 256 teachers were selected for sample. Social Media Addiction Checklist (SMAC) and Well Being Index (WBI) test scale were used. To accomplish the objectives obtained data was analyzed through percentage and t-test. Result revealed that social media non-addicted teachers have high level of well-being. Teacher using social media for academic purpose have high level of well-being rather than personal purpose.