Relationship between Using Mobile Phone’s Virtual Social Media and Students’ Academic Procrastination, Feeling Lonely and Mental Health
Subject Areas :
psycology
Majid Soleymani
1
,
Esmaeil Sadipoor
2
,
Hassan Asadzadeh
3
1 - M.A. Graduated in Educational Psychology, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Educational Psychology Department, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Educational Psychology Department, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
Received: 2016-04-18
Accepted : 2016-06-12
Published : 2016-07-22
Keywords:
students,
mental health,
virtual social media,
academic procrastination,
Feeling lonely,
Abstract :
The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between using virtual social media in mobile phone and students’ academic procrastination, feeling lonely and mental health. This study was a descriptive-correlational research. The statistical population was made up of all third year high school students of public schools in Qom who were studied in 2015-2016 academic year. Out of the total 2414 students who comprised the population of this study, 334 were selected as sample based on Krejcie and Morgan table via a simple random sampling. Following visiting the schools, the aforesaid students were given and completed four questionnaires for data collection on using mobile phone’s virtual social media (researcher made), academic procrastination, feeling lonely and general health. The validity of tools was reported via face validity, criterion validity, internal consistency, and acceptable concurrent validity, respectively. The reliability, also, was calculated through Cronbach's Alpha coefficient which were obtained 0.88, 0.92, 0.89, and 0.88, respectively. Data analysis was carried out via Pearson Correlation test, linear regression analysis, and SPSS software. The results of the study revealed that the extent of using virtual social media has a direct relationship with academic procrastination and feeling lonely, and has a negative relationship with mental health. Furthermore, the variables of academic procrastination, feeling lonely and mental health contribute to predict the extent of using mobile phone’s virtual social media.
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Andik, R. (2014). Prediction of mental health based on personality type, source control and religious orientation among student teachers in the Yazd University of Farhangian. Master's Thesis, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Psychology, University of Yazd. (in Persian).
Beidokhti, A., Rahaee, F., & Daneshzadeh, F. (2012). Predicting of personality traits learners in terms of dependence on communications and technology emerging the Internet. The first National Congress of Cyberspace and Social Problems Emerging. Tehran.(in Persian).
Brehm, S., & Kassin, S. (1996). Social psychology (3th ed.). Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Chavoshzadeh, Z. S. (2009). The relationship between mental health and Internet addiction in between young adults in Yazd. Master's Thesis, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of Allameh Tabatabaei University. (in Persian).
Farran, B. (2004). Predictors of academic procrastination in college students. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, New York: Fordham University
Ferrari, J. R. (1992). Psychometric validation of two procrastination inventories for adults: Arousal and avoidance measures. Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 14(2), 27-110
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Rikkers, W., Lawrence, D., Hafekost, J., & Zubrick, S. R. (2016). Internet use and electronic gaming by children and adolescents with emotional and behavioural problems in Australia- results from the second child and adolescent survey of mental health and wellbeing. BMC Public Health, 16, 399. DOI 10.1186/s12889-016-3058-1
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Soleymani, M., Fallahzadeh Abarqouee, F., & Farokh, A. (2015). The relationship between excessive use of mobile phones and procrastination among students. International Conference on Psychology and Educational Sciences. Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Kharazmi, Shiraz. (in Persian).
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