TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chidangwa,Adriana Ruvimbo
AU  - Akbay,Gökhan
TI  - EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN NORTH CYPRUS
PY  - 2022///
KW  - Anxiety
KW  - Dissertations, Academic
KW  - Depression
KW  - Students, Foreign
KW  - Loneliness
KW  - Mental Helath
KW  - Social Media
N1  - Thesis (MSc) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Social Work Department; Includes bibliography (sheets 37-40)
N2  - ABSTRACT
Social media has become the daily bread of today’s society its grip is age regardless. 
Mental health is complex and easily influenced. Social media use can affect
university students both positively and negatively. This study explores the effects of 
social media use on the mental health that is depression, anxiety and loneliness of 
international university students in north Cyprus. A qualitative method with thematic 
analysis was used for this study that involved eighty participants (forty-five males 
and thirty-five females). Interviews, focus groups and questionnaires were methods 
used to obtain the findings. The findings showed that social media does affect the 
students negatively and positively and this was further shown through a plethora of 
themes which include addiction, fear of missing out, virtual peer pressure, sense of 
community, educational purposes, source of entertainment and as a communication 
tool. The author discussed the limitations of the study and offered suggestions for 
future research. It can conclude that depression, anxiety and loneliness can both be 
made better or worse with the use of social media.
Keywords: Anxiety, Depression, International Students, Loneliness, Mental 
Health, Participants, Social Media
ER  -