Abstract:

The advancement of technology such as the Internet will shape the emotions and mentality of the youth. Youth could easily receive impact with any comment, posting, image, video, and audio in social media, which could have a big impact on their mental and emotional. The maturity of youth in handling this problem should be highlighted to make sure the youth can grow in a good environment. The youth easily follow any celebrity lifestyle shown in social media, which will affect their mentality and emotional management. Thus, this paper purposely assesses the relationship between social media usage and emotional maturity among youth in Malaysia. A literature survey has been selected to explore and identify the dimension related to social media usage and emotional maturity among youth. Emotional maturity can be measured using the Emotional Maturity Scale (EMS) to ensure the youth show the emotional maturity response towards social media usage on their daily lives. This suggested method could assess the emotional maturity level of youth in using social media in future.