scholarly journals The Influence of Social Media Usage on Adolescents’ Identity Status and Academic Achievement: The Case of Woldia High School Students, North Wollo of Amhara Regional State

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 54-64
Author(s):  
Dessalegn Asmamaw ◽  
Demeke Binalf ◽  
Dereje Mekonnen
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Identity Status ◽  
School Students ◽  
Major Purpose ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Facebook Usage

The major purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of social media usage on adolescents’ identity status and academic achievement among school adolescents. Correlational research design was used to address the core objective of the study. A total of 264 grade 10th students (124 male and 140 female) were randomly selected. Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation were employed to describe data and to analyze relationships among variables respectively while multiple regressions was employed to determine whether sex, age and social media predict academic achievement or not. As a result, the variable sex, age and face book usage found significantly predict academic achievement by about 8.2% (R2 =8.2%, F =7.09 p<0.05). Further, the study found that there were positively significant relationship among face book usage and adolescents’ identity status. Therefore, the computed Pearson correlation identified that moratorium identity status of the students correlated with facebook usage with r = .434 at p < .05; identity diffusion correlated with face book usage with r=.354 at p <0.05. Contrary to this, the computed Pearson correlation found negatively significant relationship between face book usage and identity achievement with r = -.104 at p = < 0.05), and between face book and identity foreclosure with r = - 0.89 at p < 0.05). In generally speaking, this study summarized that more than 70% of the adolescents in the study area are facebook users and most of them averagely use about 45 minutes to visit their facebook account per day while their facebook usage has direct relationship with their identity status. Based, on the findings, therefore, it was concluded that social media has both negative and positive influence on the identity status of adolescent and predicts adolescent’s CGPA. Hence, stakeholders’ due attention is highly needed to monitor the problem and create the way adolescents invest their time for their academic activities instead.

scholarly journals The Relationship of Internal Motivation Components and Academic Achievement among High School Students

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ghamari
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
School Students ◽  
Internal Motivation ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The aim of this research was to determine the relationship between internal motivation and academic achievement among high school students. Using multi-stage cluster sampling 307 high school students were selected. Then internal motivation questionnaire administrated. To measure the academic achievement, their academic grade average was used. Using the Pearson correlation coefficient, stepwise regression analysis, and Z test Collected data were analyzed. Results showed that there is positive and significant relationship between internal motivation and academic achievement. There is positive and significant relationship between interest, competence, effort, lack of stress, selection, value and academic achievement. Between components of the internal motivation, competence, lack of stress and value explained about 24 percent of student academic achievement variance. The relationship of internal motivation and academic achievement among male and female students is no different.

Associations of Physical Fitness and Academic Achievement Among Illinois High School Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Marie Weemer ◽  
Olabode Ayodele
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
High School ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Relationship

The health benefits of physical activity are empirically supported and well accepted. However, the relationship between physical activity, physical fitness, and academic performance remains to be clearly established. The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between physical fitness and academic achievement among a sample of Illinois high school students. Analyses were based on the 2016–2017 school year Archival Fitnessgram physical fitness test scores and cumulative GPAs of ninth- through twelfth-grade students (N = 371). Pearson correlation assessed the relationship between physical fitness and academic performance. Multiple linear regression predicted students’ academic achievement. There was a positive association between total fitness and academic achievement, although not statistically significant, r (369) = .002, p = .49. The regression prediction model was statistically significant (p < .001) and accounted for approximately 25% of the variance in academic achievement (R2 = .256, adjusted R2 = .246). Academic achievement was predicted by total number of absences and gender, and to a lesser extent by socio­economic status, the curl-up, and ethnicity. The findings of this study suggest a positive association between physical fitness and academic achievement. These results are potentially relevant to the development of future education policies. Thus, policy makers, school administrators, and educators must use the knowledge gained in this study, along with existing research, as evidence to emphasize the importance of the fitness–academic link, to further support the need for quality physical education curriculum and mandated physical fitness testing.

scholarly journals Investigating High School Students’ Attitudes Towards, Beliefs about and Behaviors Associated with Water and Energy Saving

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 122
Author(s):  
Osman Cimen ◽  
Mehmet Yılmaz ◽  
Merve Çolak
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
School Students ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Students Attitudes

<p>Schools play a critical role in raising awareness in students of the importance of water conservation and environmental protection. Based on this premise, the current study aims to investigate high school students’ attitudes towards, beliefs about and behaviors associated with water and energy saving. The research was designed as survey model and involved a study group consisting of 102 high school students who attended schools in Ankara, Turkey during the 2014 Spring Semester. The <em>Water and Energy Saving Attitude, Belief, and Behavior Scale</em>, which was developed by this study’s researchers, was used as the data collection tool. The data obtained were analyzed with t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation, using the SPSS 20 software package. Results from the research showed that high school students’ beliefs about water and energy saving significantly differed according to gender, grade level, the presence of an environmentally aware family member and concern levels toward the environment, and that the students’ attitudes significantly differed in terms of the presence of an environmentally aware family member and concern level towards the environment. No significant relationship was found, however, between the high school students’ behaviors and attitudes towards water and energy saving and between their behaviors and beliefs, while a mid-level significant relationship was determined between high school students’ beliefs and attitudes.</p>

scholarly journals The Influence of Social Media Affinity on Eating Attitudes and Body Dissatisfaction in Philippine Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-129
Author(s):  
Shannen Tadena ◽  
So Ra Kang ◽  
Shin-Jeong Kim
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Body Satisfaction ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
School Students ◽  
10Th Grade

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the influence of social media affinity on eating attitudes and body dissatisfaction among adolescents in the Philippines.Methods: The participants were 114 junior high school students enrolled in 7th to 10th grade in Cavite Province, Philippines. The collected data were analyzed in SPSS, using descriptive statistics, the independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple linear regression.Results: The factors affecting eating attitudes were body dissatisfaction (β=-.47, <i>p</i><.001), social media affinity (β=.33, <i>p</i><.001) and grade (10th grade) (β=-.28, <i>p</i><.001), and the factors influencing body dissatisfaction were eating attitudes (β=-.65, <i>p</i><.001) and social media affinity (β=.17, <i>p</i>=.041).Conclusion: In order to promote healthy eating attitudes and to improve body satisfaction among Philippine adolescents, educational strategies tailored to social media users will be needed.

scholarly journals Comparison of cognitive and metacognitive strategies in the academic achievement of urban and rural students of Eghlid

2019 ◽  
pp. 282-293
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Taghieh ◽  
Zohreh Tadayon ◽  
Raziyeh Taghieh
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Metacognitive Strategies ◽  
Rural Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cognitive And Metacognitive Strategies ◽  
Definite Result

This research studies the cognitive and metacognitive strategies with academic success in urban and rural students; gender and place of residence that has not been the result of a definite result on their role in previous research have been gained. The present research is a correlation type and is an applied research. The aim of this study is to improve the level of learning. The target population of the high school students in Eghlid city is 269 people. A sample of 241 people was randomly selected and researched. The number of samples is specified according to the Morgan table. Pearson correlation and (T) test were used for two independent groups. The obtained result indicates that cognitive and metacognitive strategies in academic achievement, gender, and location are also effective in these strategies, so that female students are more than boys and student's Urban uses both types of strategy more than rural students.

scholarly journals The mediating effect of social media addiction on the relationship between leisure boredom and loneliness

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 749-759
Author(s):  
Cihan Ayhan ◽  
Hande Baba Kaya ◽  
İlimdar Yalçın ◽  
Gizem Karakaş
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Bootstrap Method ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social Media Addiction ◽  
The Social ◽  
Leisure Boredom ◽  
The Relationship

This study aimed to examine the mediating effect of social media addiction on the relationship between leisure boredom and loneliness. A total of 330 high school students in Istanbul, 212 male (64.2%) and 118 female (35.8%), participated in the study voluntarily. In the study, the "Leisure Boredom Scale" developed by Iso-Ahola and Weissinger (1990) to measure participants' perceptions of boredom in their leisure, the "UCLA Loneliness Scale" developed by Peplau and Cutrona (1980) to measure loneliness level, and the "Social Media Addiction scale for Adolescents" developed by Eijnden, Lemmens and Valkenburg (2016) to measure the social media addiction level, were used as data collection tools. The convenience sampling method, which is one of the random sampling methods, was used in the sample selection and the face-to-face survey technique was preferred. In the analysis of the obtained data, descriptive statistics via the SPSS package program, Pearson Correlation, and regression analysis of the indirect impact approach based on the Bootstrap method via PROCESS v3.5 macro were performed. As a result, it was observed that leisure boredom had statistically significant effects on social media addiction and loneliness, and social media addiction on loneliness. Besides, regarding the main aim of the research, it was determined that social media addiction had a mediating effect on the relationship between leisure boredom and loneliness. ​Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file.   Özet Bu çalışmanın amacı serbest zamanda sıkılma algısı ile yalnızlık arasındaki ilişkide sosyal medya bağımlılığının aracı etkisinin incelenmesidir. Araştırma grubunu İstanbul’da lise düzeyinde öğrenim gören gönüllü olarak katılım sağlayan 212 erkek (%64,2), ve 118 kadın (%35,8) olmak üzere toplam 330 kişi oluşturmaktadır. Çalışmada katılımcıların serbest zamanlarında sıkılma algılarını ölçmek amacıyla Iso-Ahola ve Weissinger (1990) tarafından geliştirilen Boş Zaman Can Sıkıntısı Ölçeği, yalnızlık düzeyini ölçmek amacıyla Peplau and Cutrona (1980) tarafından geliştirilen UCLA Yalnızlık Ölçeği ve sosyal medya bağımlılık düzeylerini ölçmek amacıyla Eijnden, Lemmens ve Valkenburg (2016) tarafından geliştirilen Ergenler İçin Sosyal Medya Bağımlılığı Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Örneklem seçiminde tesadüfi örneklem yöntemlerinden olan kolayda örnekleme yöntemi kullanılmış ve yüz yüze anket tekniği tercih edilmiştir. Elde edilen verilerin analizinde SPSS paket programı aracılığıyla tanımlayıcı istatistikler, Pearson Correlation ve PROCESS v3.5 makro aracılığıyla Bootstrap yöntemini temel alan dolaylı etki yaklaşımına ilişkin regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Araştırma bulgularına göre, serbest zamanda sıkılma algısının sosyal medya bağımlılığı üzerinde, serbest zamanda sıkılma algısının yalnızlık üzerinde, sosyal medya bağımlılığının yalnızlık üzerinde istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı etkilerinin olduğu görülmüştür. Ayrıca, araştırmanın temel amacına ilişkin olarak serbest zamanda sıkılma algısı ile yalnızlık arasındaki ilişkide sosyal medya bağımlılığının aracılık etkisi olduğu tespit edilmiştir.  

scholarly journals An Investigation of the Relationships Between Attachment Levels to School and the Variables of the Perception of School Life Quality and Peer Pressure Among High School Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Cetin Toraman ◽  
Burak Aycicek
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
School Life ◽  
School Students ◽  
High Level

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationships between attachment levels to school and the variables of the perception of school life quality and peer pressure among high school students and whether school life quality and peer pressure predict students’ attachment levels to school significantly. The relational screening model was used in the research. The sample group for the research comprised a total sum of 1533 high school students from 12 different high schools in six counties in Hatay province in Turkey. Sample of the study was selected using purposive and easily accessible sampling. “School Attachment Scale Among Children and Adolescents (High School Form) (SASACA)”, “The Quality of Life in High Schools Scale (QLHSS)” and “Peer Pressure Scale (PPS)” were used as tools of data collection. A Pearson Correlation analysis was performed to determine whether there was a significant relationship between the scores of the scales used in the study. Considering the findings of the study it was found out that there was a significant and positive relationship between the levels of students' attachment to school and school life quality. In addition, a high level, negative and significant relationship was found between the level of students' attachment to school and peer pressure. Peer pressure and school life quality are significant explanations of the level of attachment to school.

scholarly journals Dampak Penggunaan Media Sosial Terhadap Hasil Belajar Geografi Siswa

LaGeografia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Andi Aulia Tifani
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
School Students ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to: determine the intensity of social media usage on General High School students in Palopo City and find out the effect of social media usage on student geography learning outcomes. The variables in this study are the use of social media consisting of 4 indicators, namely 1) owned social media accounts, 2) intensity of accessing social media, 3) the use of social media, and 4) the impact of using social media. This type of research is quantitative descriptive. The population in this study were 2298 students and 10% of the samples were taken, 230 students. Sampling in this study using Simple random sampling technique. With. The results showed that 230 students taken in this study accessed social media in the highest frequency a day at> 5 hours a day, which was 61 students or 26.52% and from 6 schools studied only 3 schools where social media had an effect on learning outcomes the geography of students with a large influence of 10-15% with a weak degree of relationship, while the factors that cause social media to influence student learning outcomes come from internal and external factors of the students themselves. while the other 3 schools, where social media does not affect learning outcomes because they tend to use social media for the benefit of entertainment, friendship, online games, and others. Because the influence of the use of social media is weak and is only found in 3 schools, in this study Social Media has no effect on student geography learning outcomes.

The Role of Personality Traits in Mobile Dependency of High School Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S714-S715
Author(s):  
M. Nasiri Kenari ◽  
A. Homayouni ◽  
Z. Shafian ◽  
S. Bialayesh
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
School Students ◽  
Communication Devices ◽  
Competing Interest

In recent years, mobile phone is a necessary device in life, because it provides much easiness in education, work, business, etc. but extreme use of communication devices, especially among young people are related with mental health problems. So, the aim of this study was surveying of relationships between personality traits with Mobile dependency in high school students. The research method was correlation. The population were included all high school students that 220 students were selected by cluster sampling method. Research data were collected by McCare & Costa's NEO personality traits (Neuroticism, Openness to new experience, Extroversion, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness) and Jenaro's Mobile dependency inventory, and were analyzed by Pearson correlation formula. The results showed that there is positive and significant relationship between Neuroticism and openness to new experience with Mobile dependency, and positive and significant relationship between extroversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness with mobile dependency. Thus, it can be concluded that personality traits have main impact on mobile dependency.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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