The Impact of Social Media Usage on Problematic Sleep among University Students: The Role of Emotional Self Disclosure

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the extent to which participants' emotional self-disclosure and sleep were impacted by use of social media. Survey method was employed. Social media usage was linked with an increase in the symptoms of sleep problems, and emotional self-disclosure was thought to be linked with an increase in the symptoms of excessive social media use. It was hypothesized that emotional self-disclosure is linked to a rise in the development of sleep problems & sleep is associated with emotional self-disclosure; this link is mediated by compulsive social media use. Permission was granted from instrument's authors. Samples of 300, ranging from 18 to 26 years were gathered. University students' use of social media, problematic sleep, and emotional self-disclosure were assessed using the Chen Internet Addiction Scale, the Sleep Quality Scale (SQS) and the Distress Disclosure Scale. The relationship between social media use, problematic sleep, and emotional self-disclosure was examined using correlation analysis. Mediation analysis used to examine how social media use and sleep issues were mediated by emotional self-disclosure. Results revealed that there was a significant positive relationship between Social Media and Problematic Sleep, a significant negative relationship between Problematic Sleep and Emotional Self Disclosure. There is a positive relationship between Social Media and Emotional Self- Disclosure but it is not significant. The results also indicate that Emotional self-Disclosure does not mediate the relationship between Social media usage and problematic sleep.

Keywords: University students, Social Media Usage, Problematic Sleep and Emotional Self- Disclosure.