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VOL. 6, ISSUE 3 (2024)
Effect of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) on social media addiction among university students in Rivers State, Nigeria
Authors
Amadi Uchechukwu, Akaeze Charlice Chukwudumebi
Abstract
This study investigated the effect of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on
Social Media Addiction among university students in Rivers State. Four (4)
objectives were generated to determine the effect of CBT on students' addicted
behaviour and to determine any gender difference in students' addiction towards
social media usage. It also attempted to find out the effect of CBT in
restructuring the minds of university students regarding their reasons for
excessive use of social media. Hypotheses were formulated and tested.
Quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test, control design was employed for the
study. The population of this study was 58,375 students from three (3) universities
in Rivers State out of which forty (40) students were purposively sampled and
used for the study. The instrument used for data collection was Social Media
Addiction Test (SMAT). The Social Media Addiction Test (SMAT) is a scale
consisting of 38 items of expression related to social media use. This
instrument consists of two sections: Section A (1-24) consists of items that
measures the presence and severity of social media dependency among students to
determine the level of social media addiction and Section B (25-38) consists of
various reasons for being addicted to social media. Data were analysed using
ANCOVA. The findings of the study revealed that CBT has significant effect in
reducing the level of social media addiction among university students in
Rivers State. It also helped in restructuring the minds of the students
regarding their reasons for excessive use of social media and the effect of CBT
didn't vary with gender in all results. Based on the findings, it is evident
that CBT is an effective treatment for social media addiction. Therefore, it
was recommended that counsellors should use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
to treat addictive behaviour of students towards social media use.
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Pages:55-60
How to cite this article:
Amadi Uchechukwu, Akaeze Charlice Chukwudumebi "Effect of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) on social media addiction among university students in Rivers State, Nigeria". International Journal of Educational Research and Development, Vol 6, Issue 3, 2024, Pages 55-60
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