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- Title
Students' increased time spent on social media, and their level of coronavirus anxiety during the pandemic, predict increased social media addiction.
- Authors
Parlak Sert, Hilal; Başkale, Hatice
- Abstract
Background: During the COVID‐19 pandemic period, the level of anxiety and the duration of social media use increased in university students. Objectives: This study aimed to examine the relationship between coronavirus anxiety and social media addiction in university students. Methods: The sample consisted of 346 university students in Turkey. The data were collected online using the Sociodemographic Data Form, the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale Short Form and the Social Network Addiction Scale. The data were analysed using one‐way analysis of variance, Mann–Whitney U test, Pearson correlation analysis, chi‐square analysis and multiple linear regression analysis. Results: The results showed that the mean coronavirus anxiety score was higher in men than in women. Social media addiction increased as the daily time spent by the students on social media increased. A positive correlation was found between the daily time spent on social media before the pandemic and social media usage during the pandemic. It was concluded that students use social media more during the pandemic than before it and that social media addiction increases as the students' coronavirus anxiety increases. Conclusion: It is important to plan initiatives to reduce coronavirus anxiety to prevent social media addiction in young people. Study Location and Sample: The research population consisted of 1st and 2nd year students who are studying in the Medical Services and Techniques Department of Vocational School of Health Services at a university located in the west of Turkey, during the Fall Term of academic year 2020–2021. Students in this department are studying in anaesthesia, dialysis, first and emergency aid, medical laboratory techniques, medical imaging technique, and medical documentation and secretarial programmes.
- Subjects
TURKEY; INTERNET addiction -- Risk factors; ANXIETY prevention; STATISTICS; ONLINE education; COVID-19; PSYCHOLOGY of college students; SOCIAL media; ONE-way analysis of variance; TIME; RESEARCH methodology; MULTIPLE regression analysis; MANN Whitney U Test; SEX distribution; PEARSON correlation (Statistics); QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; ANXIETY; INTERNET addiction; DATA analysis; JUDGMENT sampling; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Health Information & Libraries Journal, 2023, Vol 40, Issue 3, p262
- ISSN
1471-1834
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/hir.12448