Instagram Use and Mental Well-Being Survey of Pakistani University Students

A quantitative survey dataset from 515 university students in Islamabad, Pakistan, exploring the relationship between Instagram use and mental well-being. The data was collected via online surveys and analyzed using a conditional mediation model (CoMe Model) evaluated by SmartPLS. The dataset was authored by Ayesha Qamar and last updated on April 29, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the mediated relationship between social media use and depression based on self-esteem scores.
• Studying the moderating effect of social comparison tendencies on psychological outcomes.
• Testing structural equation models for moderated mediation in behavioral research.
• Investigating demographic or geographic patterns in social media's impact within a specific student population.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 515 survey responses from a defined population of university students aged 18-25.
• Analysis includes specific statistical coefficients (e.g., β = -0.661, p < .001) indicating a strong relationship between variables.
• Data is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for reuse and remixing.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is limited to students from two universities in Islamabad, which may not be generalizable to other populations.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Ayesha Qamar.

Collection Method

Online surveys conducted via convenience sampling.

Time Range

Data collection time frame is not explicitly stated in the provided metadata.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-29 17:32:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Data was collected from students at two universities in Islamabad, Pakistan.