The Primary Impacts of Social Media Addiction on the Psychological and Physiological Well-Being of University Students

Rongjun Hong

doi:10.54254/2753-7064/2025.LC24561

Communications in Humanities ResearchOpen access

The Primary Impacts of Social Media Addiction on the Psychological and Physiological Well-Being of University Students

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The Primary Impacts of Social Media Addiction on the Psychological and Physiological Well-Being of University Students

Rongjun Hong ^1*

¹ Northwest University of Political Science and Law

^*Corresponding author: 202211240512@stu.nwupl.edu.cn

Published on 4 July 2025

CHR Vol.72

ISSN (Print): 2753-7072

ISSN (Online): 2753-7064

ISBN (Print): 978-1-80590-225-6

ISBN (Online): 978-1-80590-226-3

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Abstract

In today's internet-enabled world, where the popularity of social media use has become the norm. Social media, as a platform for people to exchange information and share their lives, tends to make people lose their sense of time and at the same time feel dependent on social media platforms. The emergence of this phenomenon just goes to show that social media can be addictive to people with poor self-control. To explore the impact of social media on people specifically, this study selects a group of college students and explores the key effects that social media addiction has on college students. At the same time to provide a theoretical basis for the prevention of students' physical and mental health in colleges and universities, this experiment used the questionnaire method to collect 111 samples, and the collected data were analysed for reliability and validity, and the Clonbach coefficient was obtained as 0.797 (0.7 < α < 0.8) to prove that the survey has a good reliability. Through the correlation test, it was obtained that there is a negative correlation between social media addiction and college students‘ sleep quality, a negative correlation between social media addiction and college students’ social relationships, and a positive correlation between social media addiction and college students' mood swings. The somatic and psychological health conditions of college students are significantly affected by social media dependence disorder, and the more addiction there is, the greater the impact on their physical and emotional health, including both physical and mental aspects.

Keywords:

Social media, University students, Psychological well-being.

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