Relationship between family function with use of social networks in high school students

Document Type : Research Paper

10.22059/japr.2016.60974

Abstract

We livein the era that  are seeing the growing use of social networks among family members especially youth. This study was conducted to investigate relationship between family function and use of social networks among high school students.The type of this study was correlational and conducted in 2015-16. The study population included all high school students in the second period of Qazvin. 175 students were selected by multistage random cluster sampling method. The study devices included BFAS (Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale) and FAD (Family Assessment Device). Both descriptive and analytical Pierson and stepwise regression were used to analyze the data.Results of  Pearson correlation coefficient showed  that there is a significant positive relationship  between dimensions of family function  and social networks use. Meanwhile stepwise regression analysis  showed  that the roles and relationship variables predicted  1/43 percent of the variance related to the use of social networks.Family function provides the amount of social networks use and there is a positive relationship between the family function  and the use of social networks in students.

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