Open AccessThe Relationship between the Use of Social Media Technology and Healthy Life Style Practice among Undergraduate Students.
Author(s) -
Izzat Muzaqeer,
Yasmin Ahmad
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1529/3/032073
Subject(s) - life style , entertainment , psychology , social media , style (visual arts) , medical education , applied psychology , medicine , geography , political science , archaeology , law
This study was conducted to identify factors of social media use as a healthy lifestyle practice among Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) students’. This study used a quantitative approach. About 100 UniMAP students’ were involved in answering the research questionnaire. The results show that WhatsApp is the most commonly used by UniMAP students. The findings of this study shows that there is a significant relationship between interaction factors with healthy lifestyle practices among UniMAP students. The findings of this study also shows that there is a significant relationship between information factors with healthy lifestyle practices among UniMAP students. Based on the result in this study, its shows that social media is not only used for entertainment or social purposes but also for healthy lifestyle practice.