San Jose National High School

Senior High School Department

San Jose Malilipot,Albay

The Level of Facebook Addiction Among Grade 12 Senior High School Students in

San Jose National High School, School Year 2017-2018

A Research Presented

to:

Mrs. Analiza D. Vargas

Presented by:

Allan Balute

Julius Bongala

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in Inquiries and Investigations

FirstSemester

SY 2017-2018
 CHAPTER I

The Problem

Introduction

Social network sites like Facebook has become a global phenomenon and being

one of the greatest importance means of communication. Today, more than 68.5%

of young adults and teenagers use Facebook on a regular basis (Kuss & Griffiths,

2011). Facebook was developed in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, who was a Harvard

University undergraduate at the time. Originally, membership was limited to Harvard

students (2009) among whom the adoption rate was quite high (between 85 and

96%) (Lampe, Ellison, & Steinfield, 2006; et.al). However, by 2006, the platform was

opened up to the world, and anyone aged 13 or older, with a valid email address,

was allowed to join. Facebook is basically an online social network site in which users

can share thoughts, ideas, pictures and other content with friends and family

members, and to connect with either former or new friends.

Since Facebook is becoming a popular form of social networking sites,

researchers have started to pay a great deal of attention to Facebook addiction

problems among individuals. In recent years, Facebook users spend most of their

time in the synchronous communication environment, engaging in interactive

activities and some heavy users might be addicted. At this point, along with all the

benefits Facebook brings, which may have sometimes users cannot stop themselves

from using Facebook to excess, allowing it to take up more and more of their time

and thoughts, without any concrete outcome-like many addictions (Crandell et al.,

2008; Lugtu, 2011). According to Vallerand et al. (2003) state that the overuse of
sites can become disruptive to daily life or lead to negative outcome such as

loneliness, depression, anxiety, and phobias. Andreassen (2012) from the University

of Bergen (Norway) explains the six phases of Facebook addiction namely: Beginning

level: Spending most of the time on thinking about Facebook and making plans on it.

Promoting the soul state: Starting to use Facebook to get rid of individual problems.

Tolerance: Desiring to spend more time on Facebook at such a level that influences

social life. Regression: Increasing of the feeling of unrest and anxiety when not using

the Facebook. Disagreement: Facebook use reaches such a level to prevent business

and education. Falling into repetition: Being unsuccessful with the attempts to

minimize Facebook use.

According to Stutzman (2005), users use Facebook to learn about each other and

to develop social networks with their friends at university which are so vital for their

socialization, this procedure can mark a turning point in an addictive behavior and it

makes user to wasting time more and more on Facebook. At this point it can be

realized that university students remain a critical and unsafe position in terms of

Facebook addiction. Spending more and more time on Facebook unintentionally

raise the chance of addiction in terms of Facebook use. It is required for students for

the aspect of knowledge-based society to improve their capability in using

technology for putting a plan into their work in a technological setting (Nalwa &

Anand, 2003). Conversely, scholars concern about the consequences of alarming rate

of mental and addiction and the problems related to heavy use of Facebook among

university students (Chou, 2001; Chuang, 2006; Mark Griffiths, 2000).

 The purpose of our study is to determine the level of Facebook addiction among

Grade 12 Senior High School students in San Jose National High School, School Year

2017-2018. This research will serve as good basis for future study regarding to level

of Facebook addiction among Senior High School students. And also they will have

idea and information that will help to improve their research study.

Statement of the Problem

This study aims to determine the Level of Facebook Addiction among Grade 12

Senior High School Students in San Jose National High School, School Year 2017-

2018. The result of this study will serve as the basis for future study.

Specifically, the researchers will seek to answer the following questions:

1. What is the Level of Facebook Addiction among the Grade 12 Senior High School

Students in San Jose National High School?

2.What are the effects of Facebook Addiction among the Grade 12 Senior High

School Students in San Jose High School?

3.What solutions can be proposed to the Facebook Addiction among the Grade12

Senior High School Students?

Scope and Delimitation

The study will focus on the Level and Effect of Facebook Addiction among G-12

Senior High School Students in San Jose National High School, School Year 2017-

2018.
 The level of Facebook Addiction focuses on the six phases of Facebook

Addiction, according to Andreassen (2012) from the University of Bergen (Norway)

namely: Beginning level, Promoting the soul state, Tolerance, Regression,

Disagreement, Falling into repetition. The effect of Facebook addiction is limited or

focused on the Academic Performance, Behavioral Activity, and Personal

Relationship and Social Problems.

To identify the Level and Effect of Facebook Addiction among Grade 12 Senior

High School Students, the researcher distributed questionnaire-checklist to the

students who use Facebook and have a valid Facebook account that will identify the

Level of Facebook Addiction among Grade 12 Senior High School Students.

The Grade 12 Senior High School Students of San Jose National High School, who

are using Facebook and have a valid Facebook account will serve as the respondents

of this study.

All Junior High School and Grade 11 Students who used and don’t use Facebook

will be excluded in this study.

Significance of the study

The study is deemed significant to provide data and information concerning to

the level of Facebook Addiction among Grade 12 Senior High School Students in San

Jose National High School, School Year 2017-2018.

The result of this study will be beneficial to the following:

Students. This study will help them to know the Level of Facebook Addiction among

Senior High School Students to be aware on how Facebook could effect on their
study, and to know what are the disadvantages of using Facebook for them to limit

and manage their time in using Facebook. Furthermore, this study will improve the

study habits of every student.

Teachers. This study gives information to the teachers regarding to the level of

Facebook addiction. The teachers will be able to remind every student to limit and

manage their time in using Facebook for their students to fully achieved the

improvements in proper way of using Facebook.

Parents. This study will provide knowledge to the parents about Facebook and how

new technologies affect the lives of their children. Also for them to make an action

by means of teaching and guiding their children in limiting or in proper way of using

Facebook.

Community. This study makes the community for their awareness of the effects of

Facebook to its constituents. To give information on how a community could limit

the use of Facebook. They can conduct seminars that will help the constituents to

limit Facebook and create ways to make it useful to the whole community.

Future Researchers. The future researchers can have a basis for their future study

regarding to level of Facebook addiction among Senior High school Students. And

also to provide new directions for future studies that can be explored related to this

topic.
 CHAPTER II

Review of Related Literature and Studies

This chapter presents the review of related literature and studies from local

and foreign sources which served as the frame of references for this study.

Moreover, it presents the theoretical and conceptual framework, and the definition

of terms, which will serve as the research guide in conducting the study. This

background will provide the readers clearer insights to fully understand the problem.

Foreign Related Literature

Goldberg (1996) states that internet addiction like facebook shares certain

degree of similarity with substance addiction where addicts suffer mentally and

physically. As observed by Kandell (1998) and Griffiths (2000), this non substance

addiction is however viewed as severe psychological dependency and behavioral

addiction to internet like facebook. The concept of addiction follows the medical

model addiction, in the medical model, it relates with bodily and psychological

dependence on a physical substance and not on behavioral pattern. Lemon (2002),

Byun et al. (2009) and Griffiths (1996) argued that addiction should be widened to

cover a broader range of behavior. These researchers proposed a subset of

behavioral addiction -the concept of technological addiction. Young (1997)

presented a definition of internet related disorder called "Problematic Internet Use

"(PIU) and noted that internet use interfered with addicts' academic work, social

lives and professional performances. Analyze further, the researchers identified

Academic Work or Low Academic performance such as loss of interest in study, loss

of time in scanning or jotting down notes, Personal Relationships and Social

Problems such as ignoring offline or family responsibilities, poor family relationship,

reduced the real world communication, and skipping sleep. Another disorder known

as Facebook Addiction Disorder can be considered as the non-medical term as

submitted by Larkshmi (2011), the term was introduced by a U.S psychologist for

those who are addicted to facebook and their lives are really affected by their

uncontrolled activities on facebook such as checks facebook account in the morning,

spend entire nights on the sites causing to become tired the next day, spend hours a

day on facebook. These are evidences of psychological disorder which meet up with

the criteria for impulse control disorder mental illness characterized by

uncontrollable desire to perform behaviour (Louis Loung and Paul S. N. Lee 2012).

However, in 2012 various Level of Facebook Addiction have been proposed by

Andreassen from the University of Bergen (Norway) namely:

 Beginning Level: Spending most of the time thinking about facebook and

making plans on it.

 Promoting the soul state: Starting to use facebook to get rid of individual

problems.

 Tolerance: Desiring to spend more time on facebook at such a level that

influences social life.

 Regression: Increasing of the feeling of unrest and anxiety when not using

facebook.
  Disagreement: Facebook use reaches such a level to prevent business and

education.

 Falling into repetition: Being unsuccessful with the attempts to minimize

facebook use.

This study of Andreassen about the Level of Facebook Addiction is

similar to the study of Mark Griffiths in (2009) and it is somehow supported by this

study about a “components” Model of Addiction within a Biopsychical Framework,

the components namely:

 Salience: refers to when the particular activity becomes the most important

activity in the person’s life and dominates thinking (preoccupation and

cognitive distortions), feelings (cravings) and behavior (deterioration of

socialized behavior).

 Mood modification: refers to the subjective experience that people report as

a consequence of engaging in the particular activity (i.e. they experience an

arousing “buzz” or a “high” or paradoxically or tranquillizing and or

distressing feel of ‘escape’ or ‘numbing’.

 Tolerance: refers to the process whereby increasing amounts of the

particular activity are required to achieve the former effects.

 Withdrawal symptoms: refers to the unpleasant feelings states and or

physical effects which occur when the particular activity is discontinued or

suddenly reduced.
  Conflict: refers to conflicts between the addict and those around them

(interpersonal conflict) or from within the individual themselves (intrapsychic

conflict) which are concerned with the particular activity.

 Relapse: refers to the tendency for repeated reversions to either patterns of

the particular activity to recur and for even the most extreme patterns typical

of the height of the addiction to the quickly restored after many years of

abstinence or control.

Local Related Literature

The thing with online social networking like facebook, though is that it tends to

be done without inhibitions, due perhaps to the fact that there’s no face to face

meeting. It’s very much like connecting through the telephone. Where even so called

silent type suddenly become talkative, withdrawn become bubbly. Involvement in

this form of virtual social interaction is an increasingly common fact of life in the 21 st

century. In line with this, Dela Pena (2012) said that there’s another significant factor

which worsens Facebook addiction in the country. Thus, the concentration of users

especially the students is on the gadgets or technology because of the influence of

modern world.

In addition, Caplan (2003) said that the overuse of Facebook has a potential to

bring negative effects on individual study, work, health and personal relationships.

Therefore, because of extremely utilization of Facebook it will turns into a very

alarming or descriptive effects because of its influence to the users especially to the

students. According to Rouis, Linayem and Sangari (2011) stated that Facebook
lower grades because students spent less time in studying than those who do not

use social networking sites. Thus, students got lower grades because of it.

Foreign Related Studies

The American clinical psychologist state that, it may be reasonable to describe

Specifically of ‘Facebook Addiction Disorder’ (FAD) in detail because the criteria of

addictive behavior such as neglect of work, mood modifying experiences,

withdrawal, and tolerance emerge to be present in some individuals who excessive

Facebook use (Larkshmi 2011). Meanwhile, Facebook addiction has similar signs to

substance addictions. Users develop ignorance about personal life, an interest of

using Facebook all the time, an experience for social escape; a number of defense

mechanisms to hide addiction signs, a perceived loss of control, and a decline in

pleasure over time (Kuss & Griffiths, 2011). For instance, psychologist and psychiatry

in USA in May and June 2010 reported that from 1,605 participants surveyed on their

social media habits, thirty-nine percent of them are self-described “Facebook

addictions”. Another sixty-one percent (61 %) both admit to escape into the world of

Facebook and browse what people are saying and doing in the middle of the night

and prefer to see their friends on Facebook instead of face to face conversations

(The Telegraph, 2012) and Facebook addiction (F=78.864, p<0.05) at the 0.05

significant levels. Meanwhile multiple regression test displays passing time does

contribute significantly towards Facebook addiction (0.24, p <0.05) and 17.3%

variance in Facebook addiction is explained by passing time. The findings of Stern

and Taylor (2007) also show that 49 percent (%) of university students use Facebook,
and that of those, 3 percent spent more than two hours. Likewise, Sheldon (2008)

found the greatest common uses of Facebook among 172 students with Facebook

accounts (N = 160) being entertainment (M = 3.23, SD = 1.19), maintaining existing

relationships (M = 3.64, SD = 1.24), and passing time (M = 3.88, SD = 1.23). It has

been proposed that social networking sites such as Facebook use may increase time

spent online (Lenhart, Purcell, smith, & Zickhur, 2010). Moreover, Facebook

addiction and its effect on doing university work has been considered in numerous

recent studies (Barrat, Hendrickson, Stephen & Torrs,2005; Charnigo & Barnett-

Ellis,2013; Hafner, 2009; Martinez-Aleman & Lynk-Wartman,2009; Sandvig, 2009;

Stern & Taylor,2007).The findings of Karpinski & Duberstein (2009) show that

Facebook users (N=148) from the Ohio State University (OSU) spent significantly less

time studying (one to five hours versus11 to 15 hrs.,p<.001) than non-Facebook

users, and had significantly lower grade point averages (GPA)(3.0-3.5 versus 3.5-

4.0,p<.001).Because of the influence of Facebook to the users, it will affect their

social life because of its destructive effect/influence.

Theoretical Framework

This study was anchored on the theory of Blumer and Katz (1974) and

Sandara Ball- Rokeach and Melvin De Fleur (1976). The Uses and Gratification Theory

by Blumer and Katz described that media consumers have a free will to decide how

they will use the media and how it will affect them and it suggests that media users

play an active role in choosing and using the media like Facebook. Users take an

active part in the communication process and are goal oriented in their media use.

The two theorists say that a media user seeks out a media source that best fulfills
the need of the user. Uses and Gratification assume that user has alternate their

choices to satisfy their need. Media Dependency Theory state that the more

dependent an individual is on the media for having his or her needs fulfilled the

more important the media like facebook will be on that person and it also described

that it is a systematic approach to the study of the effects of mass media on

audiences and of interactions between media, audiences, and social systems. The

theory postulates that people are dependent on the mass media for information

needs. Now that social media like facebook has become part of people’s life,

addiction to it has become resultant effect of over-dependency on it for information,

sensation, entertainment, satisfaction, and etc. There is a connection between the

desire for gratification and dependency. As submitted by Sung and La Rose et al

(2004) internet addictions in general are “habits” that begin when the “gratification

sought”, become a conditioned response to negative effect, then such behavior

becomes a goal in itself thus leading to pre occupation.

Theoretical Paradigm
In this, it shows that there is a connection between the two theories and it

somehow shows that Uses and Gratification is supported by Media Dependency

Theory.

MEDIA USES AND

DEPENDENCY GRATIFICATION
THEORY THEORY
(The Level of (The Effect of Facebook
Facebook Addiction) Addiction)
 Figure 1-Theoretical Paradigm

Conceptual Framework
The conceptual model that will be used in this study is Input-Process-Output

Model (IPO) where it shows that series of boxes that are connected to each other.

The figure 2 shows the level of facebook addiction and the effect of facebook

addiction as the input and it shows the process on how to come up with the output

which is the proposed solution that can lessen or control the level of facebook

addiction. It is based on the theories of Blummer and Katz (1974) as the Uses and

gratification Theory which explained the effects of facebook addiction and another is

the Media dependency Theory of Sandra Ball Rokeach and Melvin De Fleur (1976)
INPUT Process Outputthe
which explained on how dependent the individual is on the media like facebook
Level of Facebook Addiction
more important the media will be to that person and that is related to the level of
Beginning level

Promoting the Souladdiction.

facebook state
Survey Questionnaire Proposed solution that
Tolerance -checklist can lessen or control the
Regression Facebook addiction
among the G12 Senior
Disagreement
High School Students.
Falling into Repetition

Effects of Facebook Addiction

Academic Performance

Behavioral Activity

Personal Relationships & Social

Problems
 Figure 2- Conceptual Paradigm

The figure 2 shows the level of facebook addiction and the effect of facebook

addiction as the input and it shows the process on how to come up with the output

which is the proposed solution that can lessen or control the level of facebook

addiction. It is based on the theories of Blummer and Katz (1974) as the Uses and

gratification Theory which explained the effects of facebook addiction and another is

the Media dependency Theory of Sandra Ball Rokeach and Melvin De Fleur (1976)

INPUT
which explained on how dependentProcess Outputthe
the individual is on the media like facebook
Level of Facebook Addiction
more important the media will be to that person and that is related to the level of
Beginning level
facebook addiction.
Promoting the Soul state
Survey Questionnaire Proposed solution that
Tolerance -checklist can lessen or control the
Regression Facebook addiction
among the G12 Senior
Disagreement
High School Students.
Falling into Repetition

Effects of Facebook Addiction

Academic Performance

Behavioral Activity

Personal Relationships & Social

Problems
 Figure 2- Conceptual Paradigm

Definition of Terms

In order to understand clearly the subject matter, the following terms were defined

conceptually and operationally as they are essential to fully comprehend the issue in

focus.

Facebook Addiction. Means spending an excessive amount of time on Facebook.

Typically, it involves a person’s Facebook use interfering with important activities in

life, such as work, school or maintaining relationship with family and real friends.
Addiction is a strong word and someone can have a problem with Facebook without

having a full blown addiction. Some call this emerging type of addictive behavior

“Facebook Addiction Disorder” or FAD, but the syndrome is not widely

acknowledged as a psychological disorder, through it is being studied by

psychologists. (by: Leslie Walker); Referring to the addiction in Facebook among

Grade 12 Senior High School Students in San Jose National High School.

Level of Facebook Addiction. Andreassen (2012) from the University of Bergen

(Norway) explains the six phases of Facebook Addiction Indications: Beginning Level:

Spending most of the time on thinking about Facebook and making plans on it.

Promoting the Soul State: starting to use Facebook to get rid of individual problems.

Tolerance: desiring to spend more time on Facebook at such level that influence

social life. Regression: increasing of the feeling of unrest and anxiety when not using

the Facebook. Disagreement: Facebook use reaches such a level to prevent business

and education. Falling into Repetition: Being unsuccessful with the attempts to

minimize Facebook use; This refer to the level of Facebook addiction in the students

which described or explains by Andreassen the six phases of Facebook addiction

namely: Beginning Level, Promoting the Soul State, Tolerance, Regression,

Disagreement, and Falling into Repetition. It is reflected in the respondents answer

by a questionnaire checklist.

Student. A person who attends school, college, or university. And it is also a person

who studies something (Merriam Webster); the respondents of the research study,

the selected grade12 Senior High School students who have a valid Facebook

account.
 CHAPTER III

Research Design and Methodology

This chapter presents the research design and methodology that will be used by this

research. This includes the respondents, instruments, data gathering procedure, and

statistical treatment that the researchers will use to this study.

Research Design

The descriptive method of research will be use in this study. Descriptive

method will use because this is a fact finding study with adequate and accurate

interpretation of findings and to gather data from the respondents through a clear

instrument with the survey questionnaire checklist in the purpose of identifying and

knowing the Level and Effect of Facebook Addiction among Grade 12 Senior High

School Students in San Jose National High School.

Respondents

The population size of this study covered the Grade 12 Senior High School

Students who are currently studying at San Jose National High School. Cluster

Sampling will employ to determine the number of respondents to be taken from the

strands. The orientation of classes of San Jose National High School is by block

system, the researchers decided to let these classes be the different clusters. After

which the researchers will randomly select 20 respondents from the clusters with

lower population and 21 respondents from large population. The respondents of this

study were limited to 164 students who is randomly selected by the researchers in

each strands.

Instruments

The researcher will use a questionnaire checklist guide as instrument in gathering

data of the Level and Effect of Facebook Addiction among Grade 12 Senior High

School Students in San Jose National High School.

 Questionnaire checklist is divided into two parts, whereas: In the first part

they will see the Level of Facebook Addiction such as the beginning level, promoting

the soul state, tolerance, regression, disagreement and falling into repetition. And in

the second part they will see the Effects of Facebook Addiction, such as low

academic performance, Facebook Addiction Disorder and Personal relationship and

social problems.

Sampling Procedure

This study will utilize cluster sampling, the number of Grade 12 students in San Jose

National High School.

Determined by the researcher, there were 291 grade 12 Senior High School

Students studying in San Jose National High School. The sample size is 164 students

and was determined by Calmorin’s formula as cited by (Calmorin & Calmorin, 2003).

Data Gathering Procedure

The researchers will distribute 164 questionnaires for 164 respondents, but

before the researchers conduct the research study, the researchers will write a letter

to the respondents and it been approved by the practical research 2 Instructors and

by the Senior High School Coordinator.

After the approval, the questionnaire will prepare by the researchers and

will be personally distributed to the 164 respondents of Grade 12 Senior High School

Students in San Jose National High School.

Statistical Treatment
 The researchers will use questionnaire checklist guide for the

interpretation of data, for the computation and tabulation of the data gathered. The

following statistical tools will be use:

A. Frequency, this will use in organizing the scores to facilitate the analysis of

statistical result and the interpretation of data to determine the number of

cases.

B. Percentage, this will use to express the relative participation of a responses

compared to the totality of responses

C. Weight Mean, this will use to determine the quantitative units of the

responses in the value scale. In this study, this will use to determine the level

of Facebook addiction among grade 12 Senior High School students. The

verbal interpretation will be based on the corresponding description of the

scale (Pater Calmorin, 1997). Below is the adjectival description

corresponding to the appropriate rating.

The Level of Facebook Addiction among grade12 Senior High School students

Rating Scale Adjectival Description

1-1.49 Never

1.5-2.49 Rarely

2.5-3.49 Often

3.5-4 Always
 CHAPTER IV

Analysis and Discussion of Results

 The objective of this chapter is to present the data that the researchers

gathered. This includes the representation of the result of the survey that will be

shown through the following tables and its corresponding analysis or interpretation.

Table 1- Problems in the Level of Facebook Addiction

Problems Weighted Adjectival

Mean Description

BEGINNING LEVEL

 Thinking to use Facebook 2.60365 Often

 Want to look or check the 2.743902 Often

number of likes of profile or

uploaded activities.

PROMOTING THE SOUL STATE

 Using Facebook to lessen 2.06707 Rarely

individual problems.

 Using Facebook to forget 2.914634 Often

individual problems.

TOLERANCE

 Uses Facebook most of the 2.68 Often

time.

 Influenced by their co- 2.9146 Often

students to spend more

 time to use Facebook.

REGRESSION

 Restless when not using 3.2439 Often

Facebook.

 Inactive when not using 3.21341 Often

Facebook.

DISAGREEMENT

 Uses Facebook instead of 1.42682 Never

attending lessons.

 Uses Facebook insted of 1.56097 Rarely

doing activities or exercises

in class.

FALLING IN TO REPETITION

 Always use Facebook 2.74390 Often

everyday.

 Can't limit or manage time 2.96957 Often

in using Facebook.

The table above shows that the data gathered by the researchers

corresponds to the level of Facebook Addiction encountered by the Grade 12 Senior

High School Students in San Jose National High School. “Restless when not using
Facebook” under regression is the most common problem in the Level of Facebook

Addiction which has 3.2439 weighted mean and adjectival description of Often. Most

of their answers are has an adjectival description of Often the following are:

Beginning Level has a weighted mean of 2.60365 and 2.743902, Promoting the Soul

State which has a weighted mean of 2.914634, Tolerance which has a weighted

mean of 2.68 and 2.9146, and lastly Falling into Repetition which has a weighted

mean of 2.74390 and 2.96957. But there are two answers that has same adjectival

description of Rarely, this are the Promoting the Soul State which has weighted

mean of 2.06707 and the next is the Disagreement, which has a weighted mean of

1.56097. The lowest weighted mean is 1.42682 under Disagreement which has an

adjectival description of Never.

In general, the result indicates the most common problem in the Level of

Facebook Addiction which has 3.2439 weighted mean, it means that the Senior High

School students of San Jose National High School are often restless or inactive when

not using facebook. According to Mark Griffiths (2004) states that withdrawal

symptoms or regression are the unpleasant feeling states and or physical effects

which occur when the particular activity is discontinued or suddenly reduced. Such

withdrawal effects may be psychological (e.g. extreme moodiness and irritability).

 Table 2- Problems in the Effects of Facebook Addiction

Effects Frequency (f) Remarks

LOW ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE 2

 Loss of interest in study 55

 Loss of interest scanning and 91

jotting down notes

FACEBOOK ADDICTION DISORDER 1

 Check facebook account in the 65

morning

 Spend entire nights on the 63

sites, causing to become tired

the next day

 Spend hours a day on 41

facebook

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND 3

SOCIAL PROBLEMS

 Reduced the real world 59

 communication

 Ignoring offline responsibilities 54

 Poor family Relationship

32

In table 2, shows the effects of Facebook Addiction in terms of low

academic performance, Facebook Addiction Disorder and personal relationships

and social problems. Based on the results of the study, the most common effects

of Facebook to Grade12 Senior High School Students is the Facebook Addiction

Disorder which has a frequency of 169, followed by Low Academic Performance

which has a frequency of 146 and the lowest is the Personal Relationship and

Social Problems which has a frequency of 145.

The result indicates that the most common problem in the Effect of

Facebook Addiction is Facebook Addiction Disorder. According to Larkshimi

(2011) the term was introduced by U.S psychologist for those who are addicted

to facebook and their lives are really affected by their uncontrolled activities on

facebook.

Table 3- Proposed Solutions to Lessen Facebook Addiction

 Proposed Solutions Frequency (f) Remarks

 Define your goals on facebook 21 3

 Make a facebook schedule 70 2

 Think of other things you 83 1

could be doing

In table 3, shows that the most and effective solutions that can be

proposed to lessen the level of Facebook addiction among Grade 12 Senior High

School Students based on the result of the study is “Think of other things you could

be doing” which has a frequency of 83. Followed by Make a Facebook Schedule

which has a frequency of 70 and the last is define you goal on facebook which has a

frequency of 21.

The results mean that the most common proposed solution to lessen

the facebook addiction is to Think of other things you could be doing. According to Z.

Zaremohzzaabich,B.A Damage, S.Z. Omar, J Bolong & N.A Kamarudin (2014).

According to them, the essential solutions to lessen the facebok addiction they

suggested that the psychologist or therapist and especially to counselors to make a

way to at least minimize this phenomenon through providing workshops and lectures

to facebook users especially to students to be aware about the risk or effects of

misuse of facebook and also to have friends offline and spend their time with friends,

relatives and love ones instead of using facebook. Another way is engaging in

recreational activities. Therefore, the facebook users especially the students are will

be more productive and healthy while they are on facebook, on the other hand it
helped them to push forward to develop their responsibility in relation to society and

make awareness of facebook addiction.

CHAPTER V

Summary, Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations

This chapter discusses the summary, findings and conclusions of the study.

Recommendations are also forwarded in this chapter.

Summary

The study was conducted to determine the level of facebook addiction

among Grade 12 Senior High School students in San Jose National High School,

School Year 2017-2018. The following questions was answered (1) What is the level

of facebook addiction among Grade 12 in Senior High School students in San Jose

National High School? (2) What is the effect of facebook addiction among Grade 12

Seinor High School students in San Jose National High School? (3) What solution can

be proposed to lessen the level of facebook addiction among Grade 12 Senior High

School students?

Findings
 Based on the conducted survey, the Level of Facebook Addiction and the

Effect of Facebook Addiction among Grade 12 Senior High School Students in San

Jose National High School, School Year 2017-2018 were gathered, the researchers

found out the following;

1. “Restless when not using Facebook” under regression is the most common

problem in the Level of Facebook Addiction which has 3.2439 weighted mean

and adjectival description of Often. Most of their answers are has an

adjectival description of Often the following are: Beginning Level has a

weighted mean of 2.60365 and 2.743902, Promoting the Soul State which has

a weighted mean of 2.914634, Tolerance which has a weighted mean of 2.68

and 2.9146, and lastly Falling into Repetition which has a weighted mean of

2.74390 and 2.96957. But there are two answers that has same adjectival

description of Rarely, this are the Promoting the Soul State which has

weighted mean of 2.06707 and the next is the Disagreement, which has a

weighted mean of 1.56097. The lowest weighted mean is 1.42682 under

Disagreement which has an adjectival description of Never.

2. The most common effects of Facebook to Grade12 Senior High School

Students is the Facebook Addiction Disorder which has a frequency of 169,

followed by Low Academic Performance which has a frequency of 146 and

the lowest is the Personal Relationship and Social Problems which has a

frequency of 145.

3. The researchers found out that the most and effective solutions that can be

4. proposed to lessen the level of Facebook addiction among Grade 12 Senior

High School Students based on the result of the study is “Think of other
 things you could be doing” which has a frequency of 83. Followed by Make a

Facebook Schedule which has a frequency of 70 and the last is define you

goal on facebook which has a frequency of 21.

Conclusions

Based on the findings the following conclusions are drawn

1. The most common Level of Facebook of Facebook Addiction among Grade 12

Senior High School students is Regression which is the students is Often

restless or inactive when not using facebook.

2. The respondents consider the Facebook Addiction Disorder (FAD) as the

effect of facebook addiction.

3. Based on the findings, the researchers concluded that the most and effective

solutions that can be proposed to lessen the level of Facebook addiction

among Grade 12 Senior High School Students based on the result of the study

is “Think of other things you could be doing”

Recommendations

Time management, commitment and focus of other things like engaging in

recreational activities as the attitude to help students decrease the negative effect of

facebook. The researchers recommend some ways in which students can avoid

facebook successfully or at least minimize the amount of the time that they spend on

facebook. The researchers adopting the recommendations in the study of Z.

Zaremohzzaabich,B.A Damage, S.Z. Omar, J Bolong & N.A Kamarudin (2014).

According to them, the essential solutions to lessen the facebok addiction they
suggested that the psychologist or therapist and especially to counselors to make a

way to at least minimize this phenomenon through providing workshops and lectures

to facebook users especially to students to be aware about the risk or effects of

misuse of facebook and also to have friends offline and spend their time with friends,

relatives and love ones instead of using facebook. Another way is engaging in

recreational activities. Therefore, the facebook users especially the students are will

be more productive and healthy while they are on facebook, on the other hand it

helped them to push forward to develop their responsibility in relation to society and

make awareness of facebook addiction.

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