scholarly journals Social media addiction: Its impact, mediation, and intervention

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yubo Hou ◽  
Dan Xiong ◽  
Tonglin Jiang ◽  
Lily Song ◽  
Qi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Adverse Outcomes ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Social Media Addiction

This research examined the relations of social media addiction to college students' mental health and academic performance, investigated the role of self-esteem as a mediator for the relations, and further tested the effectiveness of an intervention in reducing social media addiction and its potential adverse outcomes. In Study 1, we used a survey method with a sample of college students (N = 232) and found that social media addiction was negatively associated with the students' mental health and academic performance and that the relation between social media addiction and mental health was mediated by self-esteem. In Study 2, we developed and tested a two-stage self-help intervention program. We recruited a sample of college students (N = 38) who met criteria for social media addiction to receive the intervention. Results showed that the intervention was effective in reducing the students’ social media addiction and improving their mental health and academic efficiency. The current studies yielded original findings that contribute to the empirical database on social media addiction and that have important theoretical and practical implications.

scholarly journals Social Media Addiction and Personality: A Review of Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 607-630
Author(s):  
Viktor P. Sheinov
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social Media Addiction ◽  
Physical Health Problems ◽  
Negative Links

Social networks are taking up more and more place in the daily life of modern people, becoming an integral part of our existence. At the same time, the role of social networks is constantly growing along with the rapid growth in the number of their active users. As online interaction for many has become more used than face-to-face communication, social networks have begun to seriously affect the way of life, communication, interests and psychology of people. The use of social networks is growing exponentially and has covered more than a third of the worlds population; therefore, researchers from different countries are actively studying social networks. Considerable empirical data has been accumulated that requires generalization and understanding, which is the purpose of this review. We found positive links between social media addiction and depression, anxiety, stress, neuroticism, emotional problems, low self-esteem, cyber-victimization, physical health problems, mental disorders, loneliness, procrastination, smartphone and internet addiction, and infidelity in relationships. Negative links were revealed between social media addiction and life satisfaction, academic performance of schoolchildren and students, labor productivity and commitment to the organization of its employees, social capital, and age. The main reason for social media addiction is the need for communication, and women are generally more active in social networks than men. This review provides only those links of social media addiction that have been established in a number of studies conducted in different countries. The presented results were obtained abroad using foreign language questionnaires that determine social media addiction. The lack of such a reliable and valid tool among Russian-speaking psychologists has become a serious factor hindering the conduct of similar domestic research. With this in view, the author developed a specially designed social media addiction questionnaire.

scholarly journals Social Media Improves Students’ Academic Performance: Exploring the Role of Social Media Adoption in the Open Learning Environment among International Medical Students in China

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1272
Author(s):  
Muhammad Azeem Ashraf ◽  
Muhammad Naeem Khan ◽  
Sohail Raza Chohan ◽  
Maqbool Khan ◽  
Wajid Rafique ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
International Medical ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Open Learning

Numerous studies have examined the role of social media as an open-learning (OL) tool in the field of education, but the empirical evidence necessary to validate such OL tools is scant, specifically in terms of student academic performance (AP). In today’s digital age, social media platforms are most popular among the student community, and they provide opportunities for OL where they can easily communicate, interact, and collaborate with each other. The authors of this study aimed to minimize the literature gap among student communities who adopt social media for OL, which has positive impacts on their AP in Chinese higher education. We adopted social constructivism theory (SCT) and the technology acceptance model (TAM) to formulate a conceptual framework. Primary data containing 233 questionnaires of international medical students in China were collected in January 2021 through the survey method. The gathered data were analyzed through structural equation modeling techniques with SmartPLS 3. The results revealed that perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and interactions with peers have positive and significant influence on OL. In addition, OL was found to have positive and significant influence on students’ AP and engagement. Lastly, engagement showed a positive impact on students’ AP. Thus, this study shows that social media serves as a dynamic tool to expedite the development of OL settings by encouraging collaboration, group discussion, and the exchange of ideas between students that reinforce their learning behavior and performance.

scholarly journals E-9 Gauging the Influence of Social Media Addiction on Employees and Organization Performances with the Moderating Role of Masculinity in the Islamic Banks of Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-104
Author(s):  
Hussain Bakhsh Magsi ◽  
Muhammad Irfan ◽  
Muhammad Shahid Rao
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Organization Performance ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Line Managers ◽  
Social Media Addiction ◽  
Gender Culture

Social media addiction (SMA) has been increased in the office environment. It raised serious concern about its effects on employees and organization performances. The addiction blowout without age, gender, culture, and social class differentiation. To study its consequences on various facets of life has grew more importance. In this study, role of SMA among the employees and its consequences on the organization performance has been investigated through a cross-sectional survey method. The data were collected through adopted scales from middle-line managers of Islamic banks. The date then was analyzed by applying linear regression techniques in SPSS 24 software package to analyze the causality of relationships between the variables. It was found that there is a significant positive relationship exist between SMA and organization performance. While, SMA has been found less significant in influencing employees’ performance. The relationship of SMA and employee’s performance had been moderated by masculinity. Their performances have been interactive differently between males and females.

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