Open AccessIMPACT OF FACEBOOK ADDICTION ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Author(s) -
Ghazala Noor Nizami,
Zartab Naeem,
Komal Arzoo,
Sidra Ismail
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pakistan journal of rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-3863
pISSN - 2309-7833
DOI - 10.36283/pjr.zu.6.1/007
Subject(s) - popularity , addiction , psychology , social media , cyberpsychology , medical education , observational study , academic year , social psychology , mathematics education , medicine , psychiatry , computer science , world wide web , pathology
BACKGROUNDThe online social networking is rapidly changing the lives of human beings. Young people especially students are more addicted to new technologies and to online social networking site. The popularity of social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Whatsapp continue to grow and making remarkable changes in world now a day.OBJECTIVETo analyze the impact of Facebook addiction on academic performance, self-esteem and intelligence quotient (IQ) level among the undergraduate students.METHODOLOGYThis is a cross sectional observational study, that was conducted onundergraduate students of College of Physical Therapy. 150 undergraduate PT students (males and females) of second, third, fourth and fifth years were included in this study, who have been using Facebook from 8 months or above.RESULTAmong 150 students, 83 (55.33%) participants were Facebook addicted, whereas 67 (44.67%) participants were not addicted to Facebook. The age of the students range from 18 to 25 years and the mean age of all students was 21.7 years. There was a significant association between Facebook addiction with academic performance of students according to their GPA (p-value =0.00), with IQ level (p value = 0.00), and with self-esteem level (p-value = 0.00) of students.