Responsible Digital Citizenship and Students' Psychological Well-being: A Comparative Study of Different Platforms

Abstract

The research was conducted to find out the Impact of social media on Student Well-being. To examine the association between responsible digital citizenship and student well-being, aiming to determine the extent of the positive correlation. The hypothesis of the study was “there is no significant relationship between Responsible digital citizenship and psychological wellbeing of graduate students”. The study was delimited to 3 universities in District Sargodha (i.e. 1 public, 1 Private and one Open Distance Learning university). Three adapted questionnaires were used to collect the data from the respondents.  Accessible population from district Sargodha for the study was consisted of all the students studying at graduate level. Multistage sampling technique was used to access the desired sample. Data analysis was carried out by using inferential statistics i.e., Regression and correlation was used to draw out the findings and conclusion. It was concluded that many graduate students have a moderate level of psychological well-being while using social media. So, it is recommended that institutions and communities apply their observations of online posts or content that encouraged them to develop behaviours to prevent adverse emotional responses.