Role of Communication Competence and Self-esteem in Predicting Facebook Addiction among University of Uyo Students
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The study examined the influence of communication competence and self-esteem on students’ facebook addiction. Five hundred and eighty-five (585) participants were drawn from nine departments of the University of Uyo Town Campus. They were made up of 270 males and 315 females with a mean age of 22.25 years and a standard deviation of 3.79 years. The participants were selected using purposive sampling technique, while the departments were selected using multistage sampling technique. Three instruments were used to generate data for the study; they were the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS) developed by Torsheim, Brunborg and Pallesen (2012), the Interpersonal Communication Competence Scale (ICCS) by Rubin and Martin (1994), and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) by Rosenberg (1965). A 2x2 factorial design was adopted for the study and independent t-test and two-way Analysis of Variance were used to test three (3) alternate hypotheses at .05 level of confidence. Results showed that students with poor communication competence scored higher on Facebook addiction than students with good communication competence (46.68 versus 40.54); students with high self-esteem scored higher on Facebook addiction than those with low self-esteem (41.01 versus 38.20). Result also showed that there was no significant interaction between communication competence and self-esteem on Facebook addiction [F (1, 191) = 2,012, P> 0.05]. Findings and implications of the study were discussed in line with existing literature and recommendations made
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