Social media addiction and pornography craving as factors predicting psychological well-being among undergraduate students of Federal University Gashua, Nigeria

Abstract

The goal of this study was to see if social media addiction and pornography craving can predict psychological well-being among undergraduate students of Federal University Gashua. The study used Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scale, Bergen's Social Media Addiction Scale, Kraus Pornography Craving Scale, and a demographic questionnaire. Through simple random sample, three hundred and sixty-six undergraduate students from Federal University Gashua in Yobe State were chosen at random. Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the three hypotheses. The findings revealed that social media addiction and pornography craving, ethnicity, and gender all had a significant role in predicting psychological well-being among undergraduate students at Federal University, Yobe State. The study also recommends that academic institutions create an organized procedure and counselling centres to encourage students to report any occurrence of social media addiction and pornographic misconduct.