EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION ON FAMILY COMMUNICATION PATTERN
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The study investigated the effect of social media addiction on family communication pattern among undergraduate Students of Plateau State University, Bokkos. The study adopted a Cross-sectional design. One hundred and sixty (160) participants comprising 83 male and 77 female undergraduate Students with the mean age of 25.28 and standard deviation of 4.557 was used for the study. Two standardized research Instruments were used that is the social media addiction Scale student form (SMAS-SF) and family communication environment FCE scale. The obtained data were analyzed using multiple linear regressions (MLR). Four hypotheses were tested at 0.05 significant level.The results of hypothesis one indicated that virtual tolerance significantly positively predict family communication pattern (β = .222, t = 2.307, p .05); with virtual communication accounting for 11.8% of the change in family communication. Hypothesis two is not supported. The results of hypothesis three showed that virtual problem significantly negatively predict family communication pattern (β = -.241, t = -2.785, p
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