The relationship between social media addiction and family climate of the pharmacy faculty students in the shade of the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between social media addiction and family climate in the shade of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, social media addiction was studied according to demographical features as the sub-goals of the study. The research group comprised 364 university students of the pharmacy faculty. Data were collected with the demographical information form, social media addiction scale and family climate scale. The results showed that there were negative correlations found between social media addiction and cognitive cohesion sub-dimension of family climate. But only cognitive cohesion predicted social media addiction significantly. Also, the findings indicated that the using ratios of social media accounts during the pandemic period were significantly increased. As a result of the study, the family relationships of the students were also examined within the scope of the pandemic period and their relationship with social media addiction was emphasised.

Keywords: Pandemic, COVID-19, family climate, social media addiction;