Purposes of internet use among Iranian university students: exploring its relationship with social networking site (SNS) addiction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Higher education students are heavy users of the internet for a wide variety of reasons, including Social Networking Sites (SNSs). This study investigated various purposes of internet use among undergraduate university students, and how different categories of such activities are related to SNS addiction.

Methods

The sample set from 420 SNS users (280 females), a survey questionnaire was used to collect the information, including demographic information, purposes for internet usage (social, entertainment, academic, and economic purposes), and SNS addiction. Descriptive statistics, correlation, and a path diagram to estimate the regression coefficients were used to examine the data.

Results

Findings revealed that the most common purposes for using the intern

SUBMITTER: Hashemi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8966315 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature