Towards Excellence

(ISSN No. 0974-035X)
(An indexed refereed & peer-reviewed journal of higher education)
UGC-MALAVIYA MISSION TEACHER TRAINING CENTRE GUJARAT UNIVERSITY

SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH OF COLLEGE STUDENTS

Authors:

G S Patel

Abstract:

In this paper researcher put focus on the use of social media and mental health of college students. Researcher prepared Google form contains social media addiction scale and mental health inventory items. There are 30 items in social media addiction scale and mental health inventory. Researcher collected data from the students of UG colleges of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar districts. Total 157  females and 70 males gave their responses on this tool. Researcher computed Percentile rank, correlation and percentage for the data analysis. Major findings are most of students of the sample are social media addicted. Students are using social media have mental health related problem also.

Keywords:

Social Media Addiction, Mental health, Mental health level, Gender, Residence status, 

Vol & Issue:

VOL.13, ISSUE No.4, December 2021