FIIB Business Review
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 2

Is There a Link between Facebook Use and Student's Emotions?

  • Author:
  • Amir Manzoor
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 71 to 77

Online published on 6 August, 2016.

Abstract

Facebook is increasingly becoming an essential feature of daily lives of a large number of students. Recent studies suggested that Facebook use may effect emotional states of individuals. This study used a cross-sectional design and analyzed a sampleof university students in Pakistan to analyze the impact of Facebook use on their emotional states of depressions, anxiety, andstress. It was found that Facebook use was not directly associated with emotional states.

Keywords

Social Media, Facebook, Internet, Depression, Stress, Anxiety, Students