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Facebook Addiction and its Association with Academic Performance

Volume 3 - Issue 5

*Nida Tabassum Khan

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- Department of Biotechnology, Baluchistan University of Information Technology Engineering and Management Sciences, Pakistan
*Corresponding author: Nida Tabassum Khan, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Informatics, Baluchistan University of Information Technology Engineering and Management Sciences,(BUITEMS), Quetta, Pakistan

Received: March 12, 2018; Published: April 11, 2018

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.03.000950

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Abstract

Social network sites such as face book provides an online user friendly facility to the people to share their personal or professional profiles by connecting with other users with whom they share a common interest. Facebook addiction interfered with addicts’ academic/ professional performance and their social lives as a large number of students spend most of their time on Facebook which affects the academic execution of those students. The study revealed high (51 %) prevalence of face book addiction among undergraduates at BUITEMS and also a strong correlation was determined between face book addiction and academic performance of student.

Keywords: Bergen Face Book Addiction Scale; Facebook Addiction; Social Capital; Psychological Disorder