Instagram Use and Mental Well-being Survey of 515 University Students in Islamabad

A survey dataset of 515 male and female university students aged 18-25 from Islamabad, Pakistan, collected in 2024. The data explores relationships between Instagram use, social comparison, self-esteem, and depression using a conditional mediation model. The dataset was created by Ayesha Qamar and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between Instagram use frequency and self-esteem scores based on survey responses.
• Investigating the mediating role of self-esteem between social media use and depression levels.
• Examining how upward social comparison moderates the psychological impact of Instagram use.
• Testing conditional mediation models (CoMe Model) using structural equation modeling software like SmartPLS.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 515 survey responses, providing a substantial sample size for analysis.
• Statistical results are reported with specific beta coefficients and p-values (e.g., β = -0.661, p < .001 for Instagram use on self-esteem).
• Data collection targeted a specific demographic (university students aged 18-25) from two universities in Islamabad.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and demographic bias inherent to the convenience sampling method from two universities in one city.

Provenance

Source

Ayesha Qamar via figshare.

Collection Method

Online surveys conducted with university students using convenience sampling.

Time Range

Data likely collected around 2024, as referenced in the description.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-29 17:31:57; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Islamabad, Pakistan.