A study on the relationship between procrastination and social media dependence in medical students

Abstract

Objective To investigate the current situation of medical students' delays and social media dependence, and to explore the correlation between them. Methods From June to November 2018, medical students from the Clinical Medical College of Shanghai Jiaotong University were selected for questionnaire survey to explore their states of procrastination and social media dependency. Results After statistics analysis, among 166 medical students, 127 had procrastination, with a delay rate of 76.5%; 159 had social media dependence, with a dependency rate was 95.8%. Conclusions It is clear that medical students are protracted and social media dependence is serious. What's more, there is a significant positive correlation between medical students' procrastination behavior and social media dependence. In all, medical educators should pay attention to the status and try to intervene medical students' dependence on social media to alleviate some procrastination. Key words: Medical students; Procrastination; Social media dependence