Examination of the relationship between social media addiction and insomnia in university students

With the development of technology and the spread of the internet, social media platforms have become indispensable for human life. Despite making life easier, it has caused a slew of problems. Addiction to social media is one of these issues. Social media addiction is the inability to stop one's self from spending more time on social media than intended. Also, people's sleep patterns and quality are affected by social media addiction. The aim of this research is to determine the social media addiction of university students and to examine its relationship with insomnia. In the 2020-2021 academic year, a total of 402 students, 201 male and 201 female, studying at different departments at İstanbul Gelişim University participated in the research. Social Media Addiction Scale (SMDS), Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) and Personal Information Form were used to collect data in the study. Independent Sample t-test, Mann Whitney U, ANOVA, Kruskal Wallis H, LSD post hoc and Mann Whitney U and Spearman's Rho rank correlation tests were used in the analysis of the data. The significance level in the analyzes was determined as 0.05 (p<0.05). When the findings were examined, both social media addiction levels and subscales (occupation, mood modification, relapse, conflict) and insomnia severity and subscales (sleep quality and daily functionality) of university students were determined by gender, age, daily coffee (caffeine) consumption and daily social It was found that there was a statistically significant difference according to the duration of media use variables. Also, it has been determined that there is a positive and significant relationship between the social media addiction levels of university students and the severity of insomnia. The data obtained from this research were discussed in the light of the relevant literature, and suggestions were made for future studies.