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Exploring the Influence of Excessive Social Media Use on Academic Performance through Media Multitasking and Attention Problems: A Three-Dimension Usage Perspective
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Weiyi Sun; Miao Chao – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The use of social media among students has gained significant attention due to its potential impact on academic performance, characterized by both positive and negative effects. However, limited research exists regarding the different types of excessive social media use and their influence on academic performance. In this innovative study, we aim…
Descriptors: Social Media, Mass Media Use, Academic Achievement, Time Management
Exploring the Relationship between Secondary School Students' Smartphone Addiction, Cognitive Absorption, and Cyber Loafing Activities
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Sevinç, Meryem; Dogusoy, Berrin – Participatory Educational Research, 2022
Students' problematic internet behaviour is often mentioned concept in the related literature. Even though the related literature concentrated on students' problematic internet behaviour from various perspectives among different sampling groups, most of the studies focused on adults than younger groups. Therefore, the current study focused on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Internet Addiction in High School and University Students: An Evaluation in Terms of Various Psychological, Social and Personal Variables
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Odaci, Hatice; Degerli, Fatma Irem; Cikrikci, Neslihan – Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 2021
The purpose of this research was to examine internet addiction among high school and university students in terms of interpersonal relationships, automatic thoughts and problem-solving skills. The sample of the study comprised a total of 480 participants: 195 (40.6%) high school and 285 (59.4%) university students. Females constituted 53.3% (256)…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Internet, High School Students, College Students
Influence of Smartphone Location on Academic and Cognitive Performance in Secondary School Students
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Elizabeth A. McKay – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Smartphone ownership and use by adolescents have increased rapidly over the past decade and a half. Although some educators anticipated benefits of smartphones for learning, increasing smartphone use has raised numerous concerns in school environments, including the possibility that the mere presence of a smartphone reduces students' cognitive…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Academic Achievement
The Unique Roles of Intrapersonal and Social Factors in Adolescent Smoking Development
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Defoe, Ivy N.; Semon Dubas, Judith; Somerville, Leah H.; Lugtig, Peter; van Aken, Marcel A. G. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Adolescence is a vulnerable period for the initiation and peak of many harmful risk-taking behaviors such as smoking, which is among the most addictive and deadliest behaviors. Generic metatheories like the theory of triadic influence (TTI) suggest that interrelated risk factors across multiple domains (i.e., intrapersonal and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Smoking, At Risk Persons, Addictive Behavior
Favorite Activities for the Teaching of Psychology
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Benjamin, Ludy T., Jr., Ed. – APA Books, 2008
The most popular activities from APA's successful "Activities Handbooks for the Teaching of Psychology" are gathered together and updated in this book of teachers' favorites. The lesson plans, which encourage active learning and involve the whole class, have stood the test of time and proven themselves to be entertaining, effective, and easy to…
Descriptors: Psychology, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans