Duration and Frequency of Social Networking as Predictors of Pathological Symptoms among University Undergraduates, Nigeria
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2018
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The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies
Abstract
As a sort of psychopathology, social media addiction affects a large number of people across the globe. Although it is
widely debated in medical and related literature, there is a dearth of literature on duration and frequency of social
networking and psychopathological symptoms among Nigerian youth. Undergraduates (N= 300) purposively drawn
from two Nigerian universities responded to Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS) and Frequency of Social
Networking Usage Questionnaire (FSNUQ). Reported prevalence of pathological social networking was 16.3%. Observed
pathological social networking symptoms are salience (22.3%), tolerance (15.7%), mood modification (15.7%), relapse
(14.7%), withdrawal (16.3%) and conflict (15.0%). Duration of Social Networking (DSN) is positively related with
salience, tolerance, mood modification, relapse, withdrawal, and conflict. DSN and Frequency of Social Networking (FSN)
both have significant relative and composite predictive influence on salience, tolerance, mood modification, relapse,
withdrawal and conflict.
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Duration, Social networking, Psychopathology, Nigeria, Frequency