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Social Media Addiction and its relation to Alexithymia and Feeling of Loneliness among Students of Faculty of Nursing

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Psychiatric nursing

Abstract

 Background: The proliferation of social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and
Instagram have revolutionized the way students communicate, consume, and share information.
Nursing students also use social media in their daily routine. The use of social media leads to
impairment in both mental and emotional status of nursing students. Aim of this study: Was to
explore the relationship between social media addiction and alexithymia and feeling of loneliness
among students of Faculty of Nursing. Design: Descriptive correlational design was utilized to
fulfill the aim of this study. Setting: This study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing at Benha
University, Qalyubia governorate. Study subject: Purposive sample of 352 students was chosen
from the four- grades students of Faculty of Nursing, Benha University. Tools of data collection:
four tools were used. 1st tool: Structured Interview Questionnaire sheet. 2nd tool: Social Media
Addiction Scale Student Form. 3rd tool: Toronto Alexithymia Scale. 4th tool: UCLA Loneliness
Scale. Results: Nearly half of the studied students have moderate level of social media addiction
and more than half of the studied students have possible alexithymia level and less than one fifth
of them have mild level of loneliness. Conclusion: There was a highly statistically positive
correlation between total level of social media addiction and total level of alexithymia. Also, there
was a highly statistically positive correlation between total level of loneliness and total level of
alexithymia. Recommendations: The hazards and determinants of social media addiction should be
added to the educational curricula and the methods that must be followed to avoid its adverse
effects on physical, psychological, and social well 

DOI

10.21608/jnsbu.2023.307802

Keywords

Alexithymia, Loneliness, Nursing students, Social media addiction

Authors

First Name

Asmaa

Last Name

Atef Thabit

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Affiliation

Demonstrator of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Sohag University

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First Name

Mawaheb

Last Name

Mahmoud Zaki

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Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

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First Name

Fathyea

Last Name

Abdallah shams El-Din

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Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

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Volume

4

Article Issue

2

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42195

Issue Date

2023-07-01

Receive Date

2023-07-15

Publish Date

2023-07-01

Page Start

465

Page End

481

Print ISSN

2682-3934

Online ISSN

2735-5802

Article File

JNSBU_Volume 4_Issue 2_Pages 465-481.pdf

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Scientific peer reviewed journal

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1,622

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Publication Title

Journal of Nursing Science Benha University

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https://jnsbu.journals.ekb.eg/

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Social Media Addiction and its relation to Alexithymia and Feeling of Loneliness among Students of Faculty of Nursing

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Created At

28 Dec 2024