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Ayyildiz, Erdem; Besler, Hamza Kaya – Journal of Educational Issues, 2022
Determining young athletes' sleep quality and social media addiction is important for their performance. For this reason, our study aims to examine elite athletes' sleep quality and social media addiction. There are three parts to the research. The first part consists of demographic information. In the second part, the social media addiction scale…
Descriptors: Social Media, Addictive Behavior, Sleep, Athletes
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Erbas, Ülfet; Gümüs, Hüseyin – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2020
The purpose of this research was to examine participation in physical activity and social media addiction among university students. A total of 462 university students from 3 different universities voluntarily participated in the study. In the study, the "Motivation Scale for Participation in Physical Activity" and "Facebook…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Social Media, Addictive Behavior, College Students
Heller, Rafael – Phi Delta Kappan, 2018
Since 2003, nonprofit organization Common Sense Media has studied the ways in which kids are growing up in the digital age. In this interview, research director Michael Robb shares recent findings about the media habits of young children, tweens, and teens. While the news coverage of these issues tends to be hyperbolic and alarming, Robb explains,…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Preadolescents, Computer Use
Boden, Joshua M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
As social technologies become more integrated into students' lives, new means of communication have emerged, along with novel problem behaviors with significant consequences for students' well-being. One of these is the sending of sexualized images via cell phone, referred to as "sexting." An understanding of how and why some students…
Descriptors: Social Media, Mass Media Use, Mass Media Effects, Behavior Problems
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Stavropoulos, Vasilis; Kuss, Daria; Griffiths, Mark; Motti-Stefanidi, Frosso – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2016
Over the last decade, research on Internet addiction (IA) has increased. However, almost all studies in the area are cross-sectional and do not examine the context in which Internet use takes place. Therefore, a longitudinal study examined the role of conscientiousness (as a personality trait) and classroom hostility (as a contextual factor) in…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Adolescent Attitudes, Internet, Addictive Behavior
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 2010
People in the United States, though only five percent of the world's population, consume two-thirds of the world's illegal drugs. People in the United States, though only five percent of the world's population, incarcerate 25 percent of the world's prisoners. It is no coincidence that of the 2.3 million inmates in U.S. prisons, 65 percent--1.5…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Mental Disorders, Drug Abuse, Costs