RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AND DEPRESSION TENDENCIES AMONG IN-SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS IN ANAMBRA STATE IN POST COVID-19
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This study investigated the relationship between social networking sites and depression tendencies among in-school adolescents in Anambra State in post COVID-19. Four research questions guided the study while four hypotheses were formulated. This study used the correlational survey research design. The population of this study comprised all the 21,223 male and female undergraduates in the two public universities in Anambra State. The sample size of this study will consist of 525 undergraduate university students in Anambra State using the multi-stage sampling technique. The instrument used has two sections, A and B, Section A consists of the Demographic factors while section B embraces Non-cognitive and Non-standardized 50 items. The self-designed instruments were structured after modified Likert four-points relating to rating scales of Strongly Agree (4-points), Agree (3-points), Disagree (2-points), and Strongly Disagree (1-point). Face and content validities were rightly ensured to make sure that the instrument measures what it ought to measure. Also, to determine the internal consistency of the instrument, Cronbach Alpha was used and an overall co-efficient of 0.87 was obtained. Pearson Product Moment Correlaiton co-efficient was used to answer the research questions while the linear regression was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. The finding reveled that there was a weak relationship between the use of whatsapp messenger, twitter and depression tendencies amongst in-school adolescents in tertiary institutions in Anambra State Nigeria; and therefore showing no significance. More so, the finding revealed that there was a moderate relationship among the use of YouTube instagram and depression tendencies amongst in-school adolescents in tertiary institutions in Anambra State Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was recommended amongst others that students should be encouraged to make adequate use of Whatsapp to model worthwhile behaviours and activities posted on the platform instead of using it for frivolities that will increase their chances of being depressed/oppressed.
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