| Abstract [eng] |
Although social networks are used by people of all ages, older teenagers are the most involved in them. Spending a large amount of time on social networks can lead to a lack of time for other activities such as studying and other academic tasks. There is also a risk that, after engaging in the use of social networks, teenagers will procrastinate academic tasks, and all of this will lead to poorer academic achievements. In addition, using social networks threatens to experience more negative emotions, less self-satisfaction, thus worsening psychological well-being. Although the peculiarities of social network use are relatively widely studied, constructs such as academic procrastination or psychological well-being are mostly studied in a sample of students or older people, so it remains unclear how social network use is associated with academic achievement, academic procrastination, and psychological well-being among adolescents. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the relationship between peculiarities of using social networks and their relationship with the aforementioned constructs in a sample of adolescents. To achieve this goal, a correlational study was conducted. 136 teenagers – 76 girls and 56 boys, aged 16 to 18 – participated in this study by filling in paper questionnaires. The results showed that girls are more prone to problematic use of social networks than boys. Also, adolescents who are more prone to problematic use of social networks are more likely to delay academic activities and experience poorer psychological well-being. |
