Social Networking Addiction, Academic Stress and Mental Health: A Gender-Based Study among College Students

Abstract

In today’s time, the social network is affecting student’s education and their mental health. The purpose of this study is to investigate the gender-based variations in social networking addiction, academic stress and mental health among college students. This study sample consists of 140 students (70 boys and 70 girls) in different colleges of Bhiwani (Haryana) with an age range of 17 to 20 years. The data for current study were collected by using standardized scales for social networking addiction scale, academic stress scale and mental health scale and analyzed using independent sample t-test. The result revealed no significant gender-based difference between social networking addiction and academic stress among girls and boys students. There is significant gender-based difference between mental health of girls and boys.