The New Culture of Facebook Usage and Psycho-Social Adjustment: The Case of Students of the Higher Teacher Training College Bambili-Cameroon

Ngong Nyunwu Ferdinard; Agho Bamenju Oliver | Napoleon Nwunasungazi; Bonuh Che Clement

Title:
The New Culture of Facebook Usage and Psycho-Social Adjustment: The Case of Students of the Higher Teacher Training College Bambili-Cameroon

Authors:
Bonuh Che Clement | Ngong Nyunwu Ferdinard | Agho Bamenju Oliver | Napoleon Nwunasungazi

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Bonuh Che Clement | Ngong Nyunwu Ferdinard | Agho Bamenju Oliver | Napoleon Nwunasungazi "The New Culture of Facebook Usage and Psycho-Social Adjustment: The Case of Students of the Higher Teacher Training College Bambili-Cameroon" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-1, February 2023, pp.478-487, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd52035.pdf

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Abstract :
Nowadays majority of students in Cameroon have facebook accounts. It is a common phenomenon to see students engage in all forms of communications or activities on facebook. The extent to which these activities affect students’ psycho-social adjustment is questionable. That is why this paper is designed to examine the effects of Facebook usage as a new cultural tool for psycho-social adjustment among students. This study uses the descriptive design with triangulation (Qualitative and Quantitative) as the method. Through questionnaires and interview guide, 276 students of both first and second cycle participated in this study. Data are analysed with MANOVA, using the Wilks Lambda formular with an Alpha level of 0.05. The results revealed that, Facebook usage is a new cultural tool for psycho-social adjustment. The new cultural tendency is that Facebook usage has intensified cultural comparison among individuals as well as groups. This cultural comparison at times causes depression among students especially if the user makes negative comparisons between themselves and others.

Keywords :
New cultures, Facebook, psycho-social adjustment, Bambili, Bamenda

Publication Details:

Unique Identification Number : IJTSRD52035

Published In : Volume-7 | Issue-1, February 2023

Page Number(s) : 478-487

Publisher Name : IJTSRD | www.ijtsrd.com | E-ISSN 2456-6470

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