The Relationship Between Social Media Addiction and Emotion Regulation Skills and Sleep Quality of University Students

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between social media addictions and emotion regulation skills and sleep quality of university students. Methods: The research was conducted in descriptive design. The sample of the study consisted of 450 university students. Personal information form, Social Media Addiction Scale (SMAS), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index () were used to obtain the data. Results: The mean total score of the SMAS of the students is 97.33±26.78. The mean scores of the sub-dimensions of the CERQ "Self-Blame", "Acceptance", " Rumination", "Positive Refocusing", "Refocusing on Plan", "Positive Reappraisal ", " Putting into Perspective", " Catastrophising " and "Blaming Others" are respectively; 11.23±2.78, 11.85±2.80, 13, .32±3.17, 12.19±2.81, 13.78±3.24, 13.44±3.32, 12.36±2.90, 10.40±2.95, 10.61±2.97. The mean total score of was PSQI 7.91±3.01. There is a significant positive correlation between the total score of the social media addiction scale and poor sleep quality (p≤0.005). Conclusion: It was found that 31.5% of university students are moderately addicted to social media and their sleep quality is poor. As social media addiction increases, sleep quality worsens. As students' use of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies such as self-blame, rumination, catastrophizing and blaming others increases, their sleep quality also decreases.