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The Social-Media Websites Addiction and Its Impact on University Students’ Mental Health in Palestine

verfasst von : Ahmad Hamad, Mahmoud O. Jalambo, Aibo Shwedh

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Abstract

The study aimed at identifying the degree of addiction to social media websites and its relationship to the mental health of university students in the Gaza Strip according to some variables (gender, marital status, number of hours in using social media). The researchers used the descriptive correlational approach (causal-comparative), as for the data collection the researchers designed a questionnaire that was distributed to a sample consisting of 100 students who were chosen randomly. The results showed that there are statistically significant differences in the level of addiction to social media websites and the level of mental health among the university students attributed to the variable of gender, marital status, and the number of hours of using social media platforms. In light of the results of this study, some suggestions and recommendations were concluded.

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Metadaten
Titel
The Social-Media Websites Addiction and Its Impact on University Students’ Mental Health in Palestine
verfasst von
Ahmad Hamad
Mahmoud O. Jalambo
Aibo Shwedh
Copyright-Jahr
2023
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26956-1_12

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