A meta-analysis of the relationship of academic performance and Social Network Site use among adolescents and young adults

Dong Liu; Paul A. Kirschner; Aryn C. Karpinski

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2017.08.039

A meta-analysis of the relationship of academic performance and Social Network Site use among adolescents and young adults

Dong Liu, Paul A. Kirschner^*, Aryn C. Karpinski

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Abstract

This meta-analysis explores the relationship between SNS-use and academic performance. Examination of the literature containing quantitative measurements of both SNS-use and academic performance produced a sample of 28 effects sizes (N ¼ 101,441) for review. Results indicated a significant negative relationship between SNS-use and academic performance. Further moderation analysis points to test type as an important source of variability in the relationship. We found a negative correlation between SNS-use and GPA, while a positive one for SNS-use and language test. Moreover, we found that the relationship of SNS-use and GPA was more strongly negative in females and college students.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	48-157
Journal	Computers in Human Behavior
Volume	77
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.08.039
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Keywords

Social network site
SNS
SNS-use
Academic performance
meta-analysis

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Liu, D., Kirschner, P. A., & Karpinski, A. C. (2017). A meta-analysis of the relationship of academic performance and Social Network Site use among adolescents and young adults. Computers in Human Behavior, 77, 48-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.08.039

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