Assignment: Annotation of a Quantitative Research Article

RUNNING HEAD: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2

Annotated Bibliography 2

Rachel Kurucz

October 3, 2018

Walden University

Annotated Bibliography

Luis Jasso-Medrano, J., & Lopez-Rosales, F. (2018). Measuring the relationship between social media use and addictive behavior and depression and suicide ideation among university students. COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR, 87, 183–191. https://doi- org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.05.003

Summary

This is a quantitative research study measuring the relationship between social media usage and its relationship with addictive behavior, depression, and suicide ideation. There is a sample of 374 univeristy students for this study. Of the participants, 58.6% of them are women and 41.4% are men. The median age of the group is 20.01 years old. They ages ranges between 18 and 24 years old. A 31.8% of the participants reported working while being enrolled in school and 68.2% reported only being a student. Additional, 39% reported being in a relationship while the majority 61% reported being single.

Regarding social media usage, participants conveyed that the WhatsApp as their most important and most used social network with 54.4%. Facebook followed with 35.3%. The main purposes of their social media usage is to be in contact with friends (35.6%), entertainment (17.6%), conversing with significant other (13.2%), contact with colleagues for academic reasons (10.75), and keeping contact with family (7.4%).

Procedure

Participants were invited to partake in the survey with authorization from the universities. The questionnaires was applied through an online platform so the students could maintain confidentially. The objective of the study was explained, and the participants were given instruction on how to assess and report in the online survey.

Social Network Addiction Questionnaires of Escurra and Sales (2014), is a scale that consist of 24 Likert-type items that range of 5 points (from 0 “never” to 4 “always”). This is designed to evaluate the persons addiction to social media. It if formed by 3 dimensions: obsession, lack of control, and excessive use. Center for Epidemiologic studies Depression Scale (CES-D) has 10 Likert-type items with a range of 5 points (from 1 “never” to 5 “always”) and measures emotions and situations related to depression. The Positive and Negative Suicidal Ideation Inventory consists of 14 items. Six items measure positive suicidal ideation and eight measures negative ideations or risk factors. This scale is Likert-type items with a range of 5 points (from 1 “never” to 5 “always”). This focuses on the last two weeks of the participants lie.

Analysis

An average of 6.91 hours of social media usage was reported per day. The average score of social media addiction scale were below the intermediate score rating 2.33 out of 5. Depression and suicidal ideation was report 1.91 out of 5. The frequency of use of electronic devices was reported high at 4.42 out of 5.

It was found that the amount of daily hours and the addictive behavior to social media obtained a significant correlation. Addictive behavior was related to depression, suicidal ideation, and mobile use. The hours of social media use were significantly related to the mobile use.