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Exploring the Influence of Information Overload, Internet Addiction, and Social Network Addiction, on Students’ Well-Being and Academic Outcomes

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Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications (H-WORKLOAD 2021)

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This study explored how students' main information problems during the information age, namely internet addiction, information overload, and social network addiction, influence holistic well-being and academic attainment. The participants were 226 university students, all UK based and regular internet users. They answered the Internet Addiction Test, Information Overload Scale, Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, and the Wellbeing Process Questionnaire. Data were analysed with SPSS using correlation and linear regression analysis. The univariate analyses confirmed the negative impact of information overload, internet addiction and social media addiction on positive well-being but not academic attainment. However, multivariate analyses controlling for established predictors of well-being showed that the effects of information overload, internet addiction and social media addiction were largely non-significant, confirming other research using this analysis strategy. Future research should examine the type of internet use as well as the extent of it.

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AlHeneidi, H.H., Smith, A.P. (2021). Exploring the Influence of Information Overload, Internet Addiction, and Social Network Addiction, on Students’ Well-Being and Academic Outcomes. In: Longo, L., Leva, M.C. (eds) Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications. H-WORKLOAD 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1493. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91408-0_8

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