Duration and Frequency of Social Networking as Predictors of Pathological Symptoms among University Undergraduates, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorAkpunne, Bede
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-08T11:00:29Z
dc.date.available2022-07-08T11:00:29Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractAs 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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.run.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/3388
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe International Journal of Humanities & Social Studiesen_US
dc.subjectDurationen_US
dc.subjectSocial networkingen_US
dc.subjectPsychopathologyen_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.subjectFrequencyen_US
dc.titleDuration and Frequency of Social Networking as Predictors of Pathological Symptoms among University Undergraduates, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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