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Title: Right to good mental health: procrastination and social media addiction among girl students

Authors: S. Chandni; V. Sethuramalingam; N. Rajavel

Addresses: Department of Social Work, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620023, Tamil Nadu, India ' Department of Social Work, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620023, Tamil Nadu, India ' Department of Social Work, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620023, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract: The aim is to determine the extent of procrastination among university girl students and the role of social media, usage of mobile phones, and demography on it. By adopting a simple random sampling technique 277 girl students staying at hostels of a state university were selected as samples. Analysis was carried out, adopting cross-tabulations with one-way ANOVA, t-test and Step-wise Regression technique. The results indicated that the age of students is the prime factor in influencing the extent of procrastination negatively followed by years of study and family income. Hours spent on social media are directly proportionate to procrastination and the use of mobile phones with dual SIM cards has increased the chances of procrastination. The extent of procrastination differs with the respondents' social standing that is to say the locality of residence, type cost of mobile phone, and the period of the phone in usage on expected lines.

Keywords: right to mental health; social media; mobile phone; girl students; procrastination; step-wise regression.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHRCS.2024.136091

International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies, 2024 Vol.11 No.1, pp.99 - 112

Received: 18 May 2023
Accepted: 30 May 2023
Published online: 16 Jan 2024 *