A comparative Study on Instagram addiction and Marital Quality among middle aged married women.

Author(s)	Dr. Papia Mukherjee, Ms. Ekatrika Ghosh
Country	India
Abstract	Instagram Addiction is a widely discussed topic. Middle age is a period of pre-menopause which results in hormonal, psychological and physical changes. Many people of this age group go through midlife crisis, which can result in decreased marital satisfaction. This article is a comparative study on Instagram addiction and marital quality between working and non-working middle-aged women. The age range of present sample is from 40-50 years. The participants of the study were 60 middle aged women, of whom 30 participants are working women and rest of them are non-working women, selected from urban area through purposive sampling method. Objectified body consciousness scale by Mckinley,N.M.,& Hyde,J.S and the marital quality scale by A. Shah was administered to collect data. The results were obtained after necessary statistical analysis. No significant relationship was found between marital quality and Instagram addiction in case of middle-aged married women.
Keywords	Instagram addiction, Marital Quality, Middle aged women, Urban Area
Published In	Volume 16, Issue 3, July-September 2025
Published On	2025-07-22
DOI	https://doi.org/10.71097/IJSAT.v16.i3.7144
Short DOI	https://doi.org/g9t2x6

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