Author(s):
Priya. S, Akhila K. V., Aneesha, Anitta Kuriakose, Anju Praveen, Anna Raju
Email(s):
priyagyesh86@gmail.com
DOI:
10.5958/2349-2996.2018.00102.7 
Address:
Mrs. Priya. S1, Ms. Akhila K. V.2, Ms. Aneesha2, Ms. Anitta Kuriakose2, Ms. Anju Praveen2, Ms. Anna Raju2
1Lecturer, College of Nursing, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Science, Coimbatore-44 Tamil Nadu, India.
2 B.Sc. Nursing, College of Nursing, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Science, Coimbatore-44
Tamil Nadu, India.
*Corresponding Author
Published In:
Volume - 8,
Issue - 4,
Year - 2018
ABSTRACT:
The influence of social media on health behavior among College students of Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Vattamalaipalayam was assessed. The objective of this study was intended to find the relationship between social media addiction and health behavior. Non experimental descriptive research design was used. Young internet addiction scale and General health questionnaire were adopted for this study. 250 samples were recruited through purposive sampling technique. This study includes college students aged 18-23 years, with marginally high male representation (52%) and identified 43.2%, 20% and4% as students with average, frequent and addicted to internet respectively. This result highlights the vulnerability of college students to internet addiction. Researcher concluded that there is an association between selected demographic variables and social media addiction and there is a correlation between health behavioral changes and social media addiction.
Cite this article:
Priya. S, Akhila K. V., Aneesha, Anitta Kuriakose, Anju Praveen, Anna Raju. A Study to assess the Influence of Social Media on health behaviour among College Students at Selected Engineering College, Coimbatore. Asian J. Nursing Education and Research. 2018; 8(4):498-504. doi: 10.5958/2349-2996.2018.00102.7
Cite(Electronic):
Priya. S, Akhila K. V., Aneesha, Anitta Kuriakose, Anju Praveen, Anna Raju. A Study to assess the Influence of Social Media on health behaviour among College Students at Selected Engineering College, Coimbatore. Asian J. Nursing Education and Research. 2018; 8(4):498-504. doi: 10.5958/2349-2996.2018.00102.7 Available on: https://ajner.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2018-8-4-11