Facebook addiction among students and job-holders
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2014
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University of Management and Technology
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Facebook is becoming gradually an important social network site among people's life, with rapidly growing users globally, majority being youth of the society. This study was undertaken to explore Facebook addiction among youth. A survey method was conducted at three universities and three workplace to find out the Facebook addiction level amongst students and job-holders. Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS), a self-report measure, was administered to 184 participants recruited from different universities and workplaces. BFAS comprised of 18 items covering 6 core dimensions of addiction: salience, tolerance, mood modification, withdrawal, and relapse. The findings of this study were that every 3rd person was found to be an extreme user of Facebook or Facebook addict. Moreover Facebook was found to affect mood of the participants who become unable to remember their individual private issues and are vulnerable to anxiety, guilt, depression and restlessness. Students were more Facebook addict than job-holders. Also they had more conflicts (Facebook creates clashes in relations, job, studies, hobbies and leisure activities) than jobholders as they latter experience practical life busy in their job and family. Males reported significantly more Facebook addiction than females among students although among job-holders, both the sexes were equally involved in the use of Facebook.
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MS Thesis, Psychology, Facebook Addiction, Mood Modification