Effect of social media overload on college students’ academic performance under the COVID-19 quarantine
Features and relevant services of online social media have been attracting users during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous studies have shown that college students tend to use social media more frequently than other groups. However, in being affected by social media overload, the social media use behav...
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| author | Yan Xu Yilan Li Qingfang Zhang Qingfang Zhang Xianghua Yue Yan Ye |
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| description | Features and relevant services of online social media have been attracting users during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous studies have shown that college students tend to use social media more frequently than other groups. However, in being affected by social media overload, the social media use behaviors of many college students have been out of their control in terms of their capabilities or cognition. Based on the stressor–strain–outcome (SSO) model and the theory of compensatory internet use (TCIU), we developed a research model to study the causes of social media overload and its impact on college students’ academic performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 441 valid responses from college students through questionnaires in China are collected via purposive sampling and used in the data analysis. This study conducts PLS-SEM to analyze collected data, finding that boredom proneness is associated with overload (stress), which has a bearing on social media overload (strain) and the reduction in final performance (outcome). Through illustrating the psychological and behavioral conditions that hinder the academic performance of students, this study provides deeper insights into students’ uncontrollable use of social media. Moreover, with respect to the identified antecedents, this study aims to find solutions to mitigate the impact of social media overload resulting from boredom proneness on the academic performance of college students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9e194bc7494d45b58cc999da06eda75c2022-12-22T02:18:12ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-08-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.890317890317Effect of social media overload on college students’ academic performance under the COVID-19 quarantineYan Xu0Yilan Li1Qingfang Zhang2Qingfang Zhang3Xianghua Yue4Yan Ye5School of Transportation, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou, Fujian, ChinaGuangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming, ChinaStamford International University, Bangkok, ThailandZhengzhou Technology and Business University, Zhengzhou, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Xiangnan University, Chenzhou, ChinaGraduate School of Education, Stamford International University, Bangkok, ThailandFeatures and relevant services of online social media have been attracting users during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous studies have shown that college students tend to use social media more frequently than other groups. However, in being affected by social media overload, the social media use behaviors of many college students have been out of their control in terms of their capabilities or cognition. Based on the stressor–strain–outcome (SSO) model and the theory of compensatory internet use (TCIU), we developed a research model to study the causes of social media overload and its impact on college students’ academic performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 441 valid responses from college students through questionnaires in China are collected via purposive sampling and used in the data analysis. This study conducts PLS-SEM to analyze collected data, finding that boredom proneness is associated with overload (stress), which has a bearing on social media overload (strain) and the reduction in final performance (outcome). Through illustrating the psychological and behavioral conditions that hinder the academic performance of students, this study provides deeper insights into students’ uncontrollable use of social media. Moreover, with respect to the identified antecedents, this study aims to find solutions to mitigate the impact of social media overload resulting from boredom proneness on the academic performance of college students.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.890317/fullboredom pronenessinformation overloadcommunication overloadsystem feature overloadacademic performance |
| spellingShingle | Yan Xu Yilan Li Qingfang Zhang Qingfang Zhang Xianghua Yue Yan Ye Effect of social media overload on college students’ academic performance under the COVID-19 quarantine Frontiers in Psychology boredom proneness information overload communication overload system feature overload academic performance |
| title | Effect of social media overload on college students’ academic performance under the COVID-19 quarantine |
| title_full | Effect of social media overload on college students’ academic performance under the COVID-19 quarantine |
| title_fullStr | Effect of social media overload on college students’ academic performance under the COVID-19 quarantine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of social media overload on college students’ academic performance under the COVID-19 quarantine |
| title_short | Effect of social media overload on college students’ academic performance under the COVID-19 quarantine |
| title_sort | effect of social media overload on college students academic performance under the covid 19 quarantine |
| topic | boredom proneness information overload communication overload system feature overload academic performance |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.890317/full |
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