Examining mental health indices in students using Facebook in Iran

Background: Facebook is one of the most acclaimed social Web-site in world. Existing many research about it, e. g. examining Mental Health Indices in users of Facebook. Purpose of Study: The present study is aimed to investigate the relationship between in mental health indexes and Facebook in Iranian students. Methods: 265 students from Esfahan university(162 Female & 103 Male) were chosen using convenience sampling. Farsi form of DASS-21 was translated and studied by Samani & Jokar(2006). For assessment "using Facebook" was used demography questionnaire. Findings and Results: The findings of the study indicated that use of Facebook has a positive and significant relation with anxiety and stress. Conclusions: results show that individuals that using Facebook site(compared to non user) have more anxiety and stress.