The Impact of Messaging Authenticity on Peer Relationship Satisfaction of Senior High School Students

Proponent/s Name/s (Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial)

Josiah Kurt B. Aviso, De La Salle University Integrated School (Laguna)
John Patrick B. Delos Reyes, De La Salle University Integrated School (Laguna)
Jehosua Albert A. Torres, De La Salle University Integrated School (Laguna)

Document Types

Paper Presentation

Research Advisor (Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial)

Ryan Edward G. Ballesteros

Abstract/Executive Summary

Previous research has explored the effects of social media use (SMU) on business trust, socialization, and negative youth experiences. Tackling a research gap, this research explored messaging app authenticity’s effect on youth peer relationship satisfaction via a survey of 92 students from De La Salle University (DLSU) Senior High School (SHS) in Academic Year (A.Y.) 2021-2022. Concurrent triangulation with the Authenticity-Satisfaction framework showed strong positive correlations between authenticity and satisfaction across attributes except helpfulness, with openness and relationship affirmation as key in aiding relationship satisfaction, affirmation, and companionship. Future research could tackle found discrepancies in attributed effects of genuinity and relationship affirmation while expanding the population and sample sizes.

Keywords

adolescents; affirmation; companionship; openness; social media use

Research Theme (for Paper Presentation and Poster Presentation submissions only)

Family, Relations, and Social Structure (FRS)