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The impact of facebook addiction and self-esteem on students academic performance: a multi-group analysis

As Facebook is still the most popular online social network, several studies confirm that the excessive use of Facebook leads to addictive behavior, especially among the younger generation. This study aims to explore the effect of Facebook addiction, and self-esteem on students' academic perfor...

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Main Authors: Busalim, Abdelsalam H., Masrom, Maslin, Wan Zakaria, Wan Normeza Binti
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Published: Elsevier Ltd 2019
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2019.103651
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spelling my.utm.895052021-02-22T06:08:03Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/89505/ The impact of facebook addiction and self-esteem on students academic performance: a multi-group analysis Busalim, Abdelsalam H. Masrom, Maslin Wan Zakaria, Wan Normeza Binti T Technology (General) As Facebook is still the most popular online social network, several studies confirm that the excessive use of Facebook leads to addictive behavior, especially among the younger generation. This study aims to explore the effect of Facebook addiction, and self-esteem on students' academic performance. Using the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale, and Rosenberg's Self-Esteem scale, online survey was developed to collect data from one public university in Malaysia. A total of n = 240 students participated in the study. The results of the study revealed that addicted students differ statistically in self-esteem from non-addicted students. Moreover, the results showed that Facebook addiction has significant effect on students' academic performance for both samples, and frequency of Facebook use also was found to be a positive predictor of Facebook addiction. The findings of the study provide empirical evidences for the effect of Facebook addiction on students' academic performance. The results also provide a better understanding of self-esteem factor that significantly effect on student's Facebook addiction and academic performance. Elsevier Ltd 2019-12 Article PeerReviewed Busalim, Abdelsalam H. and Masrom, Maslin and Wan Zakaria, Wan Normeza Binti (2019) The impact of facebook addiction and self-esteem on students academic performance: a multi-group analysis. Computers and Education, 142 . pp. 1-14. ISSN 0360-1315 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2019.103651 DOI:10.1016/j.compedu.2019.103651
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topic T Technology (General)
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Busalim, Abdelsalam H.
Masrom, Maslin
Wan Zakaria, Wan Normeza Binti
The impact of facebook addiction and self-esteem on students academic performance: a multi-group analysis
description As Facebook is still the most popular online social network, several studies confirm that the excessive use of Facebook leads to addictive behavior, especially among the younger generation. This study aims to explore the effect of Facebook addiction, and self-esteem on students' academic performance. Using the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale, and Rosenberg's Self-Esteem scale, online survey was developed to collect data from one public university in Malaysia. A total of n = 240 students participated in the study. The results of the study revealed that addicted students differ statistically in self-esteem from non-addicted students. Moreover, the results showed that Facebook addiction has significant effect on students' academic performance for both samples, and frequency of Facebook use also was found to be a positive predictor of Facebook addiction. The findings of the study provide empirical evidences for the effect of Facebook addiction on students' academic performance. The results also provide a better understanding of self-esteem factor that significantly effect on student's Facebook addiction and academic performance.
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author Busalim, Abdelsalam H.
Masrom, Maslin
Wan Zakaria, Wan Normeza Binti
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Masrom, Maslin
Wan Zakaria, Wan Normeza Binti
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title The impact of facebook addiction and self-esteem on students academic performance: a multi-group analysis
title_short The impact of facebook addiction and self-esteem on students academic performance: a multi-group analysis
title_full The impact of facebook addiction and self-esteem on students academic performance: a multi-group analysis
title_fullStr The impact of facebook addiction and self-esteem on students academic performance: a multi-group analysis
title_full_unstemmed The impact of facebook addiction and self-esteem on students academic performance: a multi-group analysis
title_sort impact of facebook addiction and self-esteem on students academic performance: a multi-group analysis
publisher Elsevier Ltd
publishDate 2019
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/89505/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2019.103651
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