This research explored the possible relationship among self-esteem social anxiety and social
media usage. The study included 107 high school students from Jesus Christ Saves Global
Outreach Christian Academy. A descriptive correlational method was used to complete the process
of the study. Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale and Social Media
Scale a self-made scale on social media were given to measure the self-esteem social anxiety
and social media usage of the respondents. Results show that the respondents have low level of
self-esteem moderate social anxiety and an average of once to thrice a week of social media
exposure. Analysis of data also revealed significant negative relationship between self-esteem
and social media usage significant positive relationship between social anxiety and social
media usage and significant negative relationship between self-esteem and social anxiety.
