TY - JOUR AU - Kajai, Chalermpon AU - Namwong, Arunya PY - 2019/08/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Facebook Addiction, Depression, and Suicidal Risk Among Z Generation Nursing Students JF - Journal of Public Health Nursing JA - J Pub Health Nurse VL - 33 IS - 2 SE - Research Articles DO - UR - https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/phn/article/view/242011 SP - 33-47 AB - <p>Facebook addiction affects the psychological health of Z generation nursing students. The purpose of this descriptive, correlational research study was to examine Facebook addiction, depression and suicidal risk among Z generation nursing students. The participants were selected based on inclusion criteria and consisted of 383 Z generation nursing students during June - August 2018. The research tools were the Thai version of the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (Thai-BFAS), the Thai version of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), and the Mini International Neuropsychiatric structured Interview (M.I.N.I.) Descriptive statistics and Spearman’s product moment correlation were used to analyze the data.</p><p>Results of the study revealed the following: 19.84% of Z generation nursing students had Facebook addiction. Out of those who were addicted to Facebook, 40.79% had severe Facebook addiction and 16.19% had depression. Of those depressed 1.61% were severely depressed and 7.83% had suicidal risk. Of those with suicidal risk 10.00% had severe suicidal risk. Facebook addiction was positively correlated with depression (r=.213, p&lt;.01), but was not correlated with depression or suicidal risk (r=.062, p&gt;.01).</p><p>These research findings suggest that there should be screenings of Z generation nursing students for Facebook addiction, depression, and suicidal risk so psychiatric nurses can refer those with these problems for appropriate counseling and care.</p> ER -