Keywords
Depression
Cognitive-affective
Sleep quality
How to Cite
Abstract
A prominent public health concern is social networking addiction, particularly among young individuals. Adolescence is a time when people are more susceptible to mental illness, such as depression, sleep disturbances and insomnia. Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, LinkedIn, Skype, and You Tube are a handful of these websites. This study examined the relationship between SNA and somatic and cognitive-affective depressive symptoms and sleep quality among emerging adults. The data was gathered offline using the incidental sampling method. A 40-item self-administered questionnaire was given to (N=421). The findings suggest that SNU is positively correlated with depressed symptoms, such as cognitive-affective and somatic symptoms, and substantially associated with sleep quality, which are important indicators psychological well-being in adults. The results demonstrated the effects of using these websites on young people and significant correlation between study variables. Sleep disorder among adults shows varying results. The study showed that Facebook was the leading app used by majority and ages ranging between 23-26 spent approximately 47% of their time using social media platforms. This study also provided an insight to learn how to utilize networking websites wisely. Limiting the timings of social media use could potentially help to combat this addiction.
References
Andreassen, C. S. Online social network site addiction: A comprehensive review. Current Addiction Reports, vol.2, no. 2, 2015, pp.175–184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-015-0056-9
Azizi, S. M., Soroush, A., & Khatony, A. (2019). The relationship between social networking addiction and academic performance in Iranian students of medical sciences: A cross-sectional study. BMC Psychology, vol. 7 no.1, 2019, pp.28. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-019-0305-0
Bonsaksen, T., Ruffolo, M., Price, D., Leung, J., Thygesen, H., Lamph, G., Kabelenga, I., & Geirdal, A. Ø. Associations between social media use and loneliness in a cross-national population: Do motives for social media use matter? Health Psychology and BehavioralMedicine, vol.11, no.1, 2023, pp.2158089. https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2022.2158089
Boursier, V., Gioia, F., Musetti, A., & Schimmenti, A. Facing loneliness and anxiety during the COVID-19 isolation: The role of excessive social media use in a sample of Italian adults. Frontiers in Psychiatry, vol.11, 2020, pp.586222. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.586222
Dagher, M., Farchakh, Y., Barbar, S., Haddad, C., Akel, M., Hallit, S., & Obeid, S. Association between problematic social media use and memory performance in a sample of Lebanese adults: The mediating effect of anxiety, depression, stress and insomnia. Head and Face Medicine, vol.17, no.1, 2021, pp.6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13005-021-00260-8
De Doncker, K., & McLean, N. Social media, sleep difficulties and depressive symptoms: A case study of South African youth in Cape Town. Technology in Society, vol.70, 2022, pp.102038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2022.102038
DONNELLY, E. and KUSS, D.J. Depression among users of social networking sites (SNSs): the role of SNS addiction and increased usage. Journal of Addiction and Preventive Medicine, vol.1, no. 2, 2016, pp.107.
Griffiths, M. D. Social networking addiction: Emerging themes and issues. Journal of Addiction Research and Therapy, vol.4, no.5, 2013. https://doi.org10.4172/2155-6105.1000e118
Griffiths, M. D., Kuss, D. J., & Demetrovics, Z. Social networking addiction: An overview of preliminary findings. Behavioral Addictions, 2014, pp.119–141.
Hjetland, G. J., Skogen, J. C., Hysing, M., & Sivertsen, B. The association between self-reported screen time, social media addiction, and sleep among Norwegian University students. Frontiers in Public Health, vol. 9, 2021, pp.794307. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.794307
Keles, B., McCrae, N., & Grealish, A. A systematic review: The influence of social media on depression, anxiety and psychological distress in adolescents. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, vol.25, no.1, 2020, pp.79–93. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2019.1590851
Kuss, D. J., & Griffiths, M. D. Online social networking and addiction—A review of the psychological literature. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol.8, no.9, 2011, pp.3528–3552. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph8093528
Kuss, D. J., Griffiths, M. D., & Binder, J. F. Internet addiction in students: Prevalence and risk factors. Computers in Human Behavior, vol.29, no.3, 2013, pp.959–966. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2012.12.024
Lin, C. Y., Imani, V., Griffiths, M. D., Broström, A., Nygårdh, A., Demetrovics, Z., & Pakpour, A. H. Temporal associations between morningness/eveningness, problematic social media use, psychological distress and daytime sleepiness: Mediated roles of sleep quality and insomnia among young adults. Journal of Sleep Research, vol.30, no.1 2021, pp.13076. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13076
Lin, C. Y., Potenza, M. N., Ulander, M., Broström, A., Ohayon, M. M., Chattu, V. K., & Pakpour, A. H. Longitudinal relationships between nomophobia, addictive use of social media, and insomnia in adolescents. In Healthcare (Vol. 9, No. 9, 2021, pp. 1201). MDPI, 9(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091201
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Copyright (c) 2023 SOUTH INDIA JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES