INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING ON ACADEMIC ADJUSTMENT OF IN-SCHOOL ADOLESCENT IN NGOR OKPALA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF IMO STATE

Chijioke Zita Oparah (PhD), Ijeoma Princess Obilo (PhD), Priscilla I. Ajeka (PhD)

Abstract


This ex-post facto research study determined the influence of social networking on academic adjustment of in-school adolescents in Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State. Four research questions guided the study. A total of 3185 students in all the public secondary schools in Ngor Okpala L. G .A were used as population size. Out of this, sample size of 159 was randomly selected using simple random sampling technique. Social Networking and Academic Adjustment of Adolescents Questionnaire (SNAAAQ) was used as an instrument for data collection. The instrument was face validated by three experts.  The data collected was analyzed using mean statistics to answer the research questions. The major findings revealed that in-school adolescents are exposed to various categories of social networks such as facebook, twitter, eskimi myspace, 2go, blogs, email, whatsapp and youtube. It was revealed that poor study habits, identity theft, sexual solicitation are dangers associated with the use of social networking. It was found that social networking influences male and female, urban and rural in-school adolescents’ academic adjustment.

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Influence, social networking, In-school, Academic adjustment, Adolescent

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