Relationships Of Adolescents’ Usage Of Snss To Their Academic Performance And Face-To-Face Interaction With Family Members
| dc.contributor.author | Mohd Shafian, Nurul Atielia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-17T08:43:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-01-17T08:43:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | SNSs provide internet users with a platform to communicate, socialize and share information. Adolescents spend a significant amount of time and frequently log in on SNSs. Using the framework of time displacement theory and family systems theory, the present study examined the relationship of SNSs usage (time spent and frequency of login) to academic performance. Adolescents’ face-to-face interaction with family members was also examined to give an overall view of the association between SNSs usage and family interaction among early and late adolescents. The researcher also examined demographic variables such as age, gender, residential location, parents’ monthly income and parents’ educational background that might moderate the relationships between the independent and dependent variables. The sample of the present study consisted of 434 Form 1 and Form 4 students from four selected schools in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. Two instruments used in the questionnaire were Social Networking Use Questionnaire and Revised Taxonomy of Interpersonal Speech Events. Hierarchical multiple regression was used to analyze the moderation effect. The results revealed that SNSs usage among adolescents was a non-significant predictor of academic performance and face-to-face interaction with mother. However, the results showed that SNSs usage was a significant predictor of face-to-face interaction with father and siblings, moderated by demographic variables such as age, parents’ monthly income and parents’ educational background. These findings contribute to the body of knowledge on adolescents’ social media usage and family interaction. The present study confirmed that mother was the one with whom children had frequent face-to-face interaction with, compared to the other family members. The findings also suggest that SNSs usage have more obvious impact on less close relationships and has less impact on strong relationships such as relationship with mother. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3473 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Universiti Sains Malaysia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Internet | en_US |
| dc.title | Relationships Of Adolescents’ Usage Of Snss To Their Academic Performance And Face-To-Face Interaction With Family Members | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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