Abstract: Background: In the contemporary technologically advanced world, surrounded by packed social media usage, has made communication rapid, easy, interactive, entertaining, and almost free. Interpersonal skills have been regarded critically important for the success of an individual in personal life and professional life for the reason that it is a medium of exchanging ideas, matters, and thoughts from one person to another under socially applicable rules or termed as socialization.
Materials and Methods: For this purpose, data from 361 teenagers aged 13 to 19 was collected voluntarily by the private and government schools upon request. The sample was drawn through convenience sampling technique due to constraints of COVID-19, where a 5-point Likert scale questionnaire was used for data collection. Meanwhile, for empirical analysis, SmartPLS was used which assisted in the confirmatory factors analysis (CFA) in which structural equation.....
Key Word: Social media; Inter-personal skills; Interpersonal Communication; Social skills; Self-esteem; Teenagers, Malaysia
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