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 Volume 5, Issue 4 (April 2018), Pages: 100-108

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Impact of social networking sites on study habits among Saudi nursing students in Hail University

 Author(s): Salman H. Alsaqri *, Mohannad J. Alkwiese, Richard D. Dayrit

 Affiliation(s):

 Medical Surgical Department, College of Nursing, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2018.04.013

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 Abstract:

The research investigates pedagogical influences of social networking web sites (SNS) of nursing training in Saudi Arabia committed to study the habits of nursing student in the computerized age. Consequently, this investigation was directed fundamentally to decide the connection between use of SNS as indicated by sort, recurrence, hours every week and impact of others, and study behaviour with respect to time administration, fixation and inspiration. A correlational research configuration was utilized as a part of this examination. The examination structure is grounded in Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to control the orderly request on the behavior of Saudi nursing student. TAM was additionally connected to produce the things in the specialist made device The testing for nursing student respondent were selected by the following convenience testing, (n= 100; 55.6%) with age under 21 years of age (n= 57; 31.7%). Whatsapp is the most used web-based social networking took after by Twitter and Snapchat. Companions is the most influencing component (n= 111; 61.7%) in SNS, time is >10 hours/week (n= 75; 41.7%), and recurrence is >6 times/week (n= 151; 83.9%). Use of SNS is huge as indicator of study behavior (R2= 0.231, p<0.05) yet respectably noteworthy and positive in relationship (r= +0.480, p<0.05). outcomes indicate that the effect of social media can be tremendous as in this have a look at intently decided the actual impact of social media sites however, employees of the faculty ought to have the capacity to direct student on the utilization of online networking and incorporate SNS in the nursing education programs to streamline correspondence and learning. Extra investigation is expected to look at different results, for example, effect of SNS on student' scholarly execution. 

 © 2018 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Social media, Study habit, Whatsapp, Nursing students, Saudi Arabia

 Article History: Received 10 December 2017, Received in revised form 20 February 2018, Accepted 28 February 2018

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2018.04.013

 Citation:

 Alsaqri SH, Alkwiese MJ, and Dayrit RD (2018). Impact of social networking sites on study habits among Saudi nursing students in Hail University. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 5(4): 100-108

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 http://www.science-gate.com/IJAAS/2018/V5I4/Alsaqri.html

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