Addiction to Social Network Sites and its Relationship to Sleep Disorders among Yarmouk University Student’s

Abstract

The study aimed to reveal the level of addiction to social networking sites and its relationship to sleep disorders among students at Yarmouk University. The total sample of the study consisted of (400) male and female students, who were selected in the manner available to the university students. To achieve the objectives of the study, the social networking sites addiction scale prepared by Al-Sharifian and Al-Manizel (2020), and the two sleep disorder scales: (Insomnia Scale and Hypersomnolence Scale) developed by Telfah (2021) based on the diagnostic criteria for sleep disorders (insomnia, hypersomnolence), contained in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition DSM-5. The results showed that there were no statistically significant differences between the arithmetic averages for addiction to social networking sites and for two sleep disorders (insomnia, hypersomnolence) among university students due to both the type of disorder and gender. The results also showed that the general level of addiction to social networking sites was moderate. Finally, the results showed that there was A statistically significant positive relationship between addiction to social networking sites and insomnia and hypersomnolence disorders among university students.