scholarly journals A descriptive study on the use of social networking websites and physical health profile of their users among college students in Thrissur district, Kerala

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 2939
Author(s):  
Mohammed Ibrahim N. ◽  
John George T. ◽  
Jenyz M. Mundodan ◽  
Jini M. P.
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Systematic Random Sampling ◽  
Social Networking Websites ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Masses

Background: The internet has become much more personal since social network sites (SNS) were introduced and embraced by the masses. Since their introduction, social networking websites have attracted millions of users, many of whom use these sites daily. Its excessive usage can influence physical health of their users.Methods: A descriptive study was conducted among students of selected colleges in Thrissur district. The subjects included 400 SNS users selected using systematic random sampling. Data was collected using a pre tested structured questionnaire.Results: The mean age of the study population was 19.13±1.09 years. Most of the subjects used Facebook along with (78%) or without (33.5%) the usage of other social networking websites. Among the subjects, 64% were daily users with 39.5% reporting 1-2 hours use per day and 29.5% reporting 2-4 hours use per day. 74% subjects reported mobile phone as method of access to SNS. The prevalence of visual problems, eyestrain, headache, appetite problems and postural pain were significantly high in daily SNS users.Conclusions: The study shows how virtual online world is interfering with their physical health. Daily SNS use had negative effects on physical health of the college students in this study.

scholarly journals SOCIAL INFLUENCE AND DEPENDENCE IN THE FACEBOOK USE BY ROMANIAN AND LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-365
Author(s):  
Vincentas Lamanauskas ◽  
Dragos Daniel Iordache ◽  
Costin Pribeanu
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Social Networking Websites ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
The University

The time spent on Facebook by university students is continuously increasing. This fact is raising many questions as regards the relation between the social networking websites and the university. The educators are challenged to understand the factors that are driving the adoption of social networking websites, the characteristics of the daily use as well as the positive and negative effects on the university work. The social influence has been recognized as one of the factors that are driving the adoption of information systems. On another hand, the excessive use may lead to addiction. The first objective of this research is to explore the correlation between the social influence and the Facebook dependence. A model with these latent variables has been specified and tested on two samples of university students, the first from Romania and the second from Lithuania. The second objective of the research is to comparatively discuss the measures in each country. A multi-group confirmatory factor analysis has been carried on to test the configural and metric invariance. The comparison of means shows that university students reporting higher social influence have a higher risk of Facebook dependence. The comparative analysis revealed that for both variables, the mean values are higher for the Romanian sample. Keywords: e-learning process, Facebook dependence, invariance analysis, social influence.

scholarly journals SOCIAL REPRESENTATION OF SUSTAINABILITY IN CIVIL CONSTRUCTION AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-204
Author(s):  
ELZA MARIA TECHIO ◽  
JARDEL PEREIRA GONÇALVES ◽  
POLIANA NERES COSTA
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
The Social

Abstract Environment issues and their relationship with man have encouraged discussions and actions to prevent negative effects on the environment. To have effective programs that encourage more sustainable actions in Construction, it is necessary to know what people think and know about sustainability, the meanings and socially shared ideas. This research was developed within an interdisciplinary approach involving social psychology and civil engineering and aims to identify the social representations of college students of engineering and humanities on sustainability. It is a descriptive study that used an electronic questionnaire and EVOC for data analysis. The results point to a social representation of sustainability associated with the environmental dimension: environment, environmental, and nature. The other two dimensions of the triple bottom line, economic and social, appear superficially as peripheral representations.

Bystander Intervention to Abusive Behavior on Social Networking Websites

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany E. Hayes
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Bystander Intervention ◽  
Abusive Behavior ◽  
Social Networking Websites ◽  
Male Friend

The current study assessed which bystander intervention behaviors individuals reported they would engage in when exposed to abuse in their online network and the correlates of these behaviors. Data were drawn from college students’ responses ( N = 600) to three vignettes, ranging in severity, where the respondent’s male friend commented about his ex-girlfriend on a social network. Although it was hypothesized respondents would intervene on the website when exposed to abuse, results suggested this was not the case. Respondents were more likely to offer support to the victim, report the behavior, and recommend programming for the most severe scenario. Implications are discussed.

scholarly journals College Academic Stress: Differences along Gender Lines

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 194-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn M. Calaguas
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Academic Stress ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Systematic Random Sampling ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
State College ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean

This study examined the perception of academic stress among college students in a state college in the Philippines highlighting gender differences. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, an indigenous survey instrument was developed. A total of 1,210 college students chosen through systematic random sampling responded to the survey instrument. To determine gender differences among the respondents, independent samples t-test was used via SPSS version 15.0. Statistical analyses showed that male and female respondents differed significantly in their perceptions of subject, teacher, schedule, classroom, and expectation-related stressors but did not significantly differ in their perceptions of enrolment and admission, classmate, and financial- related stressors. Generally, no significant difference was found between male and female respondents in their perception of academic stressors, however using the mean scores as basis, female respondents scored higher compared to male respondents.

A STUDY OF THE ATTITUDE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS OF PUNJAB TOWARDS YOGA

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (24) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anurag Asija
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Literary Form ◽  
The Body ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Physical Body ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Mind

In modern life, people generally try to accomplish too much in too little time, consequently they accumulate a lot of stress in their lives. In that time, yoga plays an important role to alleviate the stress and rejuvenate the body. In the times, yoga was a form of Bhakti. Rishi Patanjali, rightly called the father of yoga, who around 200 b.c. gave us the present literary form of yoga doctrine in his famous treaties Yoga Sutra. In modern times, the value of yoga is being increasingly recognized for general and it’s preventive and curative effects. Yoga does not conceive man having a physical body but on the contrary, it emphasizes the greater values of the mind which characterizes his personality, Thus, yoga leads to ultimate physical health and happiness together with the achieve of mental and patience.

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