Department of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Department of Sociology, University of Barishal, Barishal, Bangladesh.
PLoS One. 2022 Aug 25;17(8):e0272905. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272905. eCollection 2022.
Facebook addiction (FA) has been suggested as a potential behavioral addiction. There is a severe lack of research evidence regarding the Facebook addiction behavior among university students during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to determine factors associated with Facebook addiction among Bangladeshi university students.
A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among 2,161 Bangladeshi university students during the COVID-19 pandemic from June 2021 to September 2021. A well fitted regression model in R programming language was used for this study.
Female respondents and those whose family monthly income was <25,000 BDT were more addicted to Facebook than other respondents. Respondents who lost a family member or a relative to COVID-19, engaged in physical activities (exercise) during the pandemic, used Facebook for work purposes or used Facebook to relieve daily stress were more addicted to Facebook.
Overuse of social media is problematic as it can trigger several mental health symptoms, especially among students. Adequate and effective interventions are required to educate students about the dangers of Facebook addiction and to provide an alternative, healthy options.
Facebook 成瘾（FA）已被认为是一种潜在的行为成瘾。在当前 COVID-19 大流行期间，有关大学生 Facebook 成瘾行为的研究证据严重缺乏。本研究旨在确定与孟加拉国大学生 Facebook 成瘾相关的因素。
本研究于 2021 年 6 月至 9 月期间在 COVID-19 大流行期间对 2161 名孟加拉国大学生进行了一项横断面在线调查。本研究使用 R 编程语言中的一个拟合良好的回归模型。
与其他受访者相比，女性受访者和家庭月收入<25,000 塔卡的受访者对 Facebook 的依赖程度更高。那些因 COVID-19 失去亲人或亲戚、在大流行期间从事体育活动（锻炼）、将 Facebook 用于工作目的或使用 Facebook 缓解日常压力的受访者对 Facebook 的依赖程度更高。
过度使用社交媒体是有问题的，因为它会引发几种心理健康症状，尤其是在学生中。需要采取充分有效的干预措施，对学生进行 Facebook 成瘾危害的教育，并提供替代的、健康的选择。
