29Nov 2017

FACEBOOK ADDICTION SEEN AMONG YOUNG ADULTS.

  • M.A. (Psychology), Department of Psychology, Vasanta College for Women, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
  • Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Vasanta College for Women, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
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The popularity of using social-networking sites, especially Facebook has increased drastically in the recent past. Even if Facebook has its positive side in terms of optimizing communication or fast flow of information, the other side shows a negative impact on an individual?s life. The main objective in this study is to find the addiction of social-networking sites particularly Facebook addiction among young adults. The Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS) was administered on 240 Indian young adults (90 males; 150 females). Findings reveal the majority of sample had Mild or Moderate Facebook addiction (47.5%), 5.83% had Severe addiction, putting more than half of the sample under Facebook addiction, whereas only 46.67% were not addicted to Facebook. It was concluded that Facebook addiction is increasing, with a deteriorating effect on peoples? lives.


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[Varuna Sharma and Subhash Meena. (2017); FACEBOOK ADDICTION SEEN AMONG YOUNG ADULTS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Nov). 1045-1052] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Dr. Subhash Meena
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Vasanta College for Women (B.H.U.), Rajghat Fort, Varanasi

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5864      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5864