Social media and its Relationship with Family Harmony among High School Students in Sana'a، the Capital of Yemen

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the relationship between the of using social media on family compatibility among high school students in Sana'a's capital city. The study adopted a descriptive correlational approach and used the following tools: a social media scale consisting of 22 items، and a family compatibility scale consisting of 33 items. The study sample consisted of 1178 male and female students، with a total of 588 male students and 590 female students from secondary schools in the directorates of Sha'oub، Al-Thawra، Al-Tahrir، and Bani Al-Harith in Sana'a's capital city. Appropriate statistical methods were used. The study reached several results، including:

• The level of social media usage among secondary school students in the capital city was weak، with an average score of (2.57) ، while the level of family compatibility among secondary school students in the capital city was high، with an average score of (4.06).


• There is a correlation between the use of social media and family compatibility among secondary school students.


• There are no significant differences between the mean responses of the study sample regarding family compatibility attributed to the gender variable (male، female).


• The results also showed that there were no statistically significant differences between the averages of the study sample's responses regarding to Family compatibility that due to the gender variable (male / female).