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Nikola Levkov; Bojan Kitanovikj – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2024
While the right usage of technology brings a plethora of benefits, misusing technological devices and the Internet in an educational context can manifest in different behavioral tendencies. This ranges from growing addiction to technology and cyberbullying to technological anxiety and technostress. Yet, the effects of cyberloafing on students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Social Media, Internet
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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
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Onat Kocabiyik, Oya – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2021
The aim of this study is to determine the social media addiction levels of university students and examine whether their social comparison orientations and ruminative responses significantly predict social media addiction. The study group consists of 261 university students. "Social Media Addiction Scale", "Iowa-Netherlands Social…
Descriptors: Social Media, College Students, Addictive Behavior, Predictor Variables
Debbie Denise Taylor – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study with college and university emerging adult undergraduates (N = 189) aged 18-24 tested the social learning and flourishing theory hypotheses, examining to what extent the relationship between social networking addiction (SNA) and student-motivated strategies for learning are mediated by self-esteem (M1) and a sense of flourishing (M2).…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Young Adults, Social Networks, Social Media
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Sagar, Mehmet Enes – International Education Studies, 2021
The aim of this study is to examine how cognitive flexibility and self-control variables predict the social media addiction levels of university students. Relational model-based screening conducted in the 2020-2021 academic year. The research group studying this study in different universities in Turkey, 230 (47%) were male and 259 (53%) were…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Self Control, Adjustment (to Environment), Social Media
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Akkus Çutuk, Zeynep – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
The present study aimed at testing a model developed to uncover the relationships among social media addiction, cognitive absorption, and self-esteem. This study's sample consisted of 361 university students, 198 of whom were females, and 163 were males. Data were collected using the Social Media Addiction Scale (SMAS), the Cognitive Absorption…
Descriptors: Social Media, Addictive Behavior, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications