DEPENDENCE ON SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES IN ADOLESCENTS
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 22
Abstract
BACKGROUND Social Networking Sites (SNSs) are “web-based services” that allow individuals to: (1) Construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) Articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) View and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system.” Social networking sites like Facebook, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Twitter, etc. are virtual communities where users can create individual public profiles, interact with real life friends and meet other people based on shared interests. Negative correlates of Social Networking Sites usage include the decrease in real life social community participation and academic achievement as well as relationship problems, each of which may be indicative of potential addiction. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To study and assess the dependence on social networking sites among medical college students of adolescent age group. MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY 200 subjects, both boys and girls were included in the cross-sectional study who were given a 20-item Young’s internet addiction test modified for social networking sites. The responses were analysed using Chi square test and Fisher’s exact test. RESULTS Of 198 students, 24.74% of them had occasional or ‘frequency’ problems, while 2.02% of them were experiencing severe problems due to excessive time spent using social networking sites and boys spent excessive time on internet compared to girls. CONCLUSION With the growth of technology and increasing popularity of social media, social networking sites have become a part and parcel of adolescent life. Though it is helping students in emotional development and connecting with friends and family, adolescents are devoting significant time to social networking on websites and are prone to become dependent to such form of online social interaction which can affect their academics and decrease real life social community participation.
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Ranjith , Santosh , Amita Aroor , Ramgopal , Ashvij
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