The Relationships between Personal Factors, Social Media Addiction, and Depression among High School Students in Phutthamonthon District, Nakorn Pathom Province
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This study is a cross-sectional descriptive analysis designed to investigate the relationship between personal factors, social media addiction, and depression among high school students in the Phutthamonthon District, Nakhon Pathom Province. A sample of 317 students was selected through stratified random sampling, and data were collected from February to March 2024. The assessment tools included the Social Media Addiction Screening Scale (S-MASS) and the Thai version of the Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents (PHQ-A). Data analysis incorporated descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and enter multiple regression analysis. The findings revealed that;
1. The high school students displayed a moderate level of social media addiction (M = 23.37, SD = 9.14) and a mild level of depression (M = 8.51, SD = 6.29).
2. Spending more than 4 hours per day on social media, using social media for entertainment, and social media addiction are positively correlated with depression (r = .162, .233, .431, respectively). In contrast, being male, older age, having a senior high school education, achieving good academic performance, and having higher monthly expenses are negatively correlated with depression, with statistical significance at the .05 level (r = -.165, -.205, -.169, -.138, -.134, respectively).
3. Social media addiction, age, using social media for entertainment, and being male (Beta = .371, -.213, .181, -.172, respectively) collectively explain 28.10% of the variance in depression among high school students (R²adj = .281, p < .001).
These findings have important implications for nurses and school teachers, as they can help in developing strategies to reduce social media addiction behaviors and promote balanced social media use for ultimately preventing long-term depression.
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