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Download full textMensah Prince Osiesi; Olutoyin Olufunke Fajobi; Sikeade Mercy Adegboyega; Abiodun Adesope Fadiya; Olaitan Titilayo Akinola; Muyiwa Sunday Ajimuse; Folasade Oluyemisi Olayinka; Sunday Nnamdi Okocha; Tolulope Oluwatoyin Olayiwola-Adedoja; Oladipo Adeyeye Olubodun; Atinuke Titilope Babalola; Valentina Grion – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2025
Objective: Internet addiction among university undergraduates may deeply impact their academic lives. This study investigated the association between academic fatigue, academic engagement, academic performance, gender, and internet addiction and how the variables jointly and relatively predict internet addiction among undergraduates in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Addictive Behavior, Undergraduate Students
Omoyemiju, Michael Adeniyi; Omotosho, Idowu Mujidat – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2023
The research examined the spread of internet addiction among tertiary institution students in Osun State and examine the connection between social anxiety and internet addiction. The research used descriptive survey research methodology. A sample of 1,430 students were picked to be involved in the research using multistage sampling methodology.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Internet, Addictive Behavior
Direct linkFestus Ngwoke; Isaiah Agbo; Lazarus Ogenyi – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
This study examines the negative effects of social media addiction on the reading habits of second language learners at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. It is anchored on two theories: the Uses and Gratification theory and the Time Displacement theory. These theories were exploited in assessing the effects of addiction to the use of social media…
Descriptors: Social Media, Addictive Behavior, Foreign Countries, Reading Habits
Mayungbo, Olusegun; Akingbade, Retta; Ogunsanya, Oluwatomisin – European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, 2022
Challenges relating to misuse and abuse of the internet and other mobile devices have become sources of concern among the youth population the world-over. However, research on cyber related issues has been focused mainly on adolescents in Nigeria. This study investigates the influence of cyber bullying, cyber victimization and pathological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication
Omoyemiju, Michael Adeniyi; Popoola, Bayode Isaiah – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2021
In this study the prevalence of internet addiction was ascertained among students of a university in Nigeria, using a survey design method. A sample of 1448 students was selected through a proportionate sampling technique. Data were collected using Young's (1998) Internet Addiction Test. Fourteen percent of the students exhibited severe levels of…
Descriptors: Incidence, Internet, Computer Use, Handheld Devices
Tella, Adeyinka – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2021
The study examined dependency, satisfaction, and psychosocial characteristics as correlates of cell phone use by library and information science (LIS) undergraduate students. Using survey, 253 undergraduates represent the sample for the study. Five research questions were developed and answered. The results of the psychosocial characteristics'…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Student Satisfaction, Psychological Characteristics, Handheld Devices
Nwosu, Kingsley Chinaza; Ikwuka, O. I.; Onyinyechi, Mary Ugorji; Unachukwu, Gabriel Chidi – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2020
Researchers are of the view that students' attachment to social media may lead to negative consequences such as postponement of their academic work. Yet how social media use is associated with academic procrastination of students is still underexplored. This study ascertained the pathways through which social media use predicted academic…
Descriptors: Social Media, Internet, Student Behavior, Predictor Variables
Nwosu, Kingsley Chinaza; David, Elijah Tochukwu; Unachukwu, Gabriel Chidi – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2021
This study investigated student teachers' demographic variables and their internet addiction as possible predictors of their loneliness, given that the youth are increasingly becoming lonely resulting in mental health problems. The sample size comprised 600 (mean age = 19.69, SD = 3.17) student teachers. Findings showed that male undergraduate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teachers, Internet, Addictive Behavior
Olasina, Gbolahan; Kheswa, Siyanda – Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2021
There is an exponential increase of apprehension in the uptake, affordances and the excessive use of smartphones by multiple categories of users and the impact on the society. The research evaluates excessive use within a user community in a developing country landscape. It is estimated that many young people spend too much time on their phones…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
'Tayo, Subair S.; Adebola, Solomon Temitope; Yahya, Deborah Oreoluwa – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2019
This study examined social media usage among undergraduates vis-à-vis its influence on their studies. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population for the study comprised all undergraduate students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Nigeria. Five faculties were randomly selected, from which 850 students were selected…
Descriptors: Social Media, Undergraduate Study, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students
Dogari, Kwase Andu; Apuke, Oberiri Destiny – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2019
The discussion and debate on integrating social media into the formal education remain largely speculative rather than well informed and certain. Only limited studies and mainly from developed nations attempted to describe specific learning gains and benefits of social media as a formal tool in the learning environment. Studies that attempt to…
Descriptors: Social Media, Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Attou, Amal Ben, Ed.; Ciddi, M. Lutfi, Ed.; Unal, Mevlut, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2022
"Proceedings of International Conference on Studies in Education and Social Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Studies in Education and Social Sciences (ICSES) which took place on November 10-13, 2022, in Antalya, Turkey. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Egbe, Catherine O.; Petersen, Inge; Meyer-Weitz, Anna – Qualitative Research in Education, 2014
Cigarette smoking has widely received the attention of international and local health bodies. Efforts are being made towards curbing smoking prevalence globally with a view to reduce the health, economic and social effects of smoking in the society. While some developed countries are recording success in this effort mainly through stringent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Smoking, Incidence, Public Health
Titilope, Afolayan Oluyinka – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2014
Mobile phone addiction is now a common phenomenon in the 21st century, especially among teenagers due to the unusual cravings in the use of technological devices. In view of this phenomenon, the study examined the socio-psychological dimensions of mobile phone addiction and usage patterns amongst teenagers in three Higher Institutions of Learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior
Ohuakanwa, Chijioke Ephraim; Omeje, Joachim Chinweike; Eskay, Michael – Online Submission, 2012
The study sought to investigate the relationship between pornography addiction and psychosocial and academic adjustment of students in universities in Lagos State. In order to achieve this objective, five research questions were formulated and two hypotheses postulated. The subjects for the study consisted of 616 full-time third-year undergraduate…
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Addictive Behavior, Undergraduate Students, Pornography
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