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IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE ON ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-II).24      10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-II).24      Published : Jun 2022

Impact of Social Media Usage on Academic Procrastination

Abstract

    This research study aims to discover the possible relationship between social media usage with academic procrastination exhibited by students. The multistage sampling technique was utilized and a sample of N=240 belonging to different educational levels (intermediate, graduate, and post-graduate), stratified by gender (boys=120 and girls=120), was drawn from various educational institutions in the Peshawar district. The researchers utilized Social Networking Time Use Scale:SONTUS (Olufadi, 2016) to measure the time spent by the subjects on social networking sites. Whereas the Academic Procrastination Scale: APS (McCloskey, 2011) was used to gauge the Academic procrastination level of the respondents. Results indicated significant positive correlation between social media usage and academic procrastination, r = 0.424; p less than 0.01. An inverse relationship of educational level with social media time usage and academic procrastination was also manifested, r=-.153; p less than0.01 and r = -.167; p less than 0.01. Moreover, there was no significant difference in academic procrastination tendency by gender F(1,238)= 1.334, P greater than .05.

    Academic Procrastination, Social Media, Social Networking Sites (SNSs)

    (1) Mussarat Anwar
    Associate Professor, College of Home Economics, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Ayesha Anwar
    Lecturer, College of Home Economics, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Amir Hamza Marwan
    Lecturer, Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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