Social media platforms have become an integral part of the daily lives of youth worldwide. While these platforms offer numerous benefits, concerns have arisen about the potential negative consequences of excessive social media use on adolescent’s health and physical activity, including addiction. This study is aimed at understanding youth attitudes toward the effects of social media usage and its risk factors. It will investigate the effect of social media addiction on sleep problems in college students and the chain mediating effects in this relationship of fear of missing out and nocturnal social media use. For this research, a survey of 327 college students using the Social Media Addiction Scale, the Fear of Missing Out Scale, the Nocturnal Social Media Use Scale, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Index Scale was conducted. Results showed that social media addiction significantly and positively predicted poor sleep quality and that fear of missing out and nocturnal social media use had a chain mediating effect in this relationship. Reducing social media addiction and nocturnal social media use and developing education-guided measures aimed at reducing the fear of missing out will be beneficial to improving the sleep quality of college students.

Authors:
Fawzia Alali, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

About the Presenter(s)
Fawzia Al-Ali
Associate professor /mass communication faculty
University of Sharjah ,Sharjah
United Arab emirates.

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