Self-Control with Social Media Addiction in Students of SMA Negeri 3 Kota Kupang

Abstract

Social media addiction can be seen as a form of internet addiction, in which individuals show an urge to use social media excessively. A person's inability to control himself to connect to the internet is the cause of internet addiction. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between self-control and social media addiction in students of SMA Negeri 3 Kota Kupang. The sampling technique used convenience sampling with a total sample size of 117 subjects. The analysis in this study used non-parametric correlation analysis Spearman Rank. The results of hypothesis testing using the Spearman correlation technique obtained a correlation coefficient of -0.387 with a significance level of 0.000 (P> 0.05). This means that there is a significant negative relationship between self-control and social media addiction in SMA Negeri 3 Kota Kupang. This study concluded that the higher the social media addiction, the lower the self-control in SMA Negeri 3 Kota Kupang and vice versa.

The Relationships Between Self-Control and Distress Among Emerging Adults: A Serial Mediating Roles of Fear of Missing Out and Social Media Addiction

“…Sagar (2021), in his study with university students in Turkey, indicated the effect of self-control on social media addiction. Similarly, Bheo et al, (2020) found a negative relationship between self-control and social media addiction in the high school sample. Additionally, social media addiction negatively affects the mental health of emerging adults (Shensa et al, 2017).…”

“…In other words, the results revealed that emerging adults with poor self-control are more likely to have higher FoMO, which in turn increases social media addiction, and ultimately leads to a greater risk of distress. Although the studies in the existing literature have examined the relationship between these variables (Bheo et al, 2020; Elhai et al, 2016; Germano & Brenlla, 2021), a theoretical model in which all these variables are considered together has not been presented. In addition to the previous hypothesis in the model, a positive effect of FoMO on social media addiction was observed.…”

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