The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between social media addiction and future anxiety among veterinary students. The research was conducted using a cross-sectional and correlational survey model. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and hierarchical regression analysis were used in the analysis of the data. The findings showed a positive and significant relationship between social media addiction and future anxiety. According to the results of the hierarchical regression analysis, social media addiction significantly predicts future anxiety even after controlling for demographic variables. However, alternative analyses showed that future anxiety also significantly predicts social media addiction; this indicates that the relationship between the two variables may not be unidirectional but rather exhibit a cyclical pattern where they mutually reinforce each other over time. Furthermore, gender was found to be a significant predictor of future anxiety, with female students reporting higher levels of future anxiety than male students. The findings suggest that the level of problematic social media use, rather than the quantity of social media use, may be related to future anxieties among university students.
Alan et al. (Wed,) studied this question.