Attitudes Towards School and Addiction to Social Networking Sites Among High School Students in Irbid Governorate.

Abstract

The current study aimed to identify attitudes towards school and addiction to social networking sites and the relationship between them among secondary school students in Irbid governorate. The study sample consisted of (400) male and female students from the eleventh and twelfth grades of the two branches: scientific and literary. To achieve the objectives of the study, two measures were used: one for attitudes towards school, and the other for addiction to social networking sites. The results of the study indicated that there were statistically significant differences in the dimensions of attitudes towards teachers, attitudes towards subjects and activities, and attitudes towards the school environment due to the gender variable, and the average scores of females were higher. ; There are no differences in all dimensions of attitudes towards school due to the grade level variable. It was also found that there were statistically significant differences in the average scores on the addiction scale on social networking sites due to the gender variable, and the average scores of males were higher, and there were no significant differences due to the variables of grade level and academic stream.