31Jul 2017

UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF CURIOSITY IN SOCIO-COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING THROUGH SELFIE TAKING BEHAVIOUR AMONG YOUNG ADULTS.

  • Research Scholar, Jain University, Bangalore, Asst Prof Dept of Psychology, Jain University Bangalore-03.
  • Research Scholar, Jain University, Bangalore, Asst Prof Dept of Psychology, Jyoti Nivas College Bangalore-95.

The research entitled-“Understanding the role of curiosity in socio-cognitive restructuring through selfie taking behaviour among young adults”, aimed to develop a model reflecting curiosity as a variable to understand one’s socio-cognitive patterns that leads to selfie taking behaviour among young adults. The research was conducted in two phases. The first phase of research adopted a pragmatic approach in which Exploratory-Qualitative method was used to identify different response patterns with respect to selfie taking behaviour with curiosity as a stimulant leading to socio-cognitive restructuring among young adults. A purposive sampling method was selected for the purpose of this study, making a total sample size of 389. Based on content analyses from phase 1, the next phase included development of the model which proposes curiosity as a variable to understand socio-cognitive restructuring through selfie taking behaviour among young adults. The model was developed using the content analyses from the previous phase.


Prerna Radhakrishna
Research Scholar, Jain University, Bangalore, Asst Prof Dept of Psychology, Jain University Bangalore-03.

Share this article