Quantitative study explores social media addiction's impact on academic performance in nursing students, suggesting the need for effective management strategies.
Key Points
The study aims to explore how social media addiction affects the academic performance of nursing students.
Conducted a quantitative, cross-sectional study with 232 nursing students.
Used self-administered questionnaires for data collection.
Applied convenience sampling for participant selection.
Analyzed data using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Utilized chi-square tests to examine relationships between demographics and social media use.
94% of participants reported that social media addiction negatively impacts their academic performance.
Identified social media platforms like WhatsApp and Twitter as beneficial for group learning.
Excessive social media use was linked to decreased study time and lower academic performance.
Significant associations were found between social media usage and factors like gender, age, and year of study.
Non-academic social media use was higher among male and younger students.