Habit of Using the Social Media and Correlation of Social Media Addiction, Self Esteem, Perceived Social Support in Adolescent with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder -

The aim of this research paper is to determine habit of using the social media and correlation of social media addiction, self-esteem, perceived social support in adolescent with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The sample of this research is composed of 75 adolescent who were between 12-18 year-old and diagnosed as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with respect to DSM-IV criterion by a child and adolescent psychiatry expert. They were applied to Mersin University, Child and adolescent psychiatry polyclinic between March 2016-May 2016. 26 of the participants were female, 49 of them were male. Socio-demographic information form, Rosenberg self-esteem scale and perceived social support scale were carried out to the participants. In this study, information about socio-demographic information of adolescent with ADHD and habits of using social media were presented. The findings of this study revealed that there was a small correlation between social media addiction and self-esteem but there is no correlation between social media addiction and perceived social support in adolescent with ADHD. In order to overcome the tendency of social media addiction in adolescent with ADHD, it is important that patients should comply with treatment, families should handle adolescent period appropriately with proper social support and constructive approaches to support self-esteem of adolescent with ADHD.