ABSTRACT

Nowadays, societal trends are constantly changing which causes

pressure among teenagers to adapt to our evolving culture. To be
connected through internet and be part of social media became a
prominent part of an individual’s life. However, studies shown that too
much time spent on the internet had some deleterious effects.This study
aims to determine the demographic profile of the respondents, their level
of internet addiction, and effects of internet usage to the overall well-
being. Moreover, it tries to identify significant relationships between
demographic profile and the effects to overall well-being, and between the
level of addiction and the effects of social media usage.
The researchers utilized a quantitative research design, more
specifically, a descriptive-correlational study using a survey questionnaire.
Proportionate stratified random sampling was utilized to have
representation of all colleges from the calculated sample size of 377. The
data obtained were analyzed through percentage and frequency
distribution, mean, spearman Rho correlation and Chi-square.
Results of the study showed that among the profile of the
respondents, the number of hours spent in social media has a significant
relationship to its effects to the overall well-being. The results implied that
college students who spent long hours in social media experience more
negative effects in their physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual
life.Internet addiction scores and the effects of social media to the overall
wellbeing have a highly significant relationship with a medium strength
correlation of 0.315. There is also a difference between the effects of
social media experienced by the students depending upon their level of
addiction. Therefore, students are encouraged to spent time in social media
wisely and consider its effects to overall health.

Keywords: college students, effects of social media, internet addiction,

Social media