ABSTRACT
The objective of this study is to investigate facebook use of the middle adolescence (15-18 years old) and its impact on Quality of Life in physical, phychological, interpersonal and environmental domains. This quantitative research obtained primary data from 108 samples in the Kanchanaburi Demographic Surveillance System of the Institute for Population and Social Research (IPSR), Mahidol University. Frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, one-way ANOVA and correlation were performed to describe and analyze data. This study found that adolescences used facebook to chat with friends and to follow their friends’ activities. The average time for facebook use was 4 hours per day. Moreover, more than a half generally used facebook everyday and the most favorable time to was during 6 to 9 P.M.. Besides, two most favorite activities for facebook use were pressing “Like” and their “friends” activities and chatting with friends, respectively. Considering to the impact on Quality of Life adolescences had normal to good Quality of Life on physical and environmental domains while they had bad Quality of Life on some parts of phychological and interpersonal domains. Considering to the aim of facebook use, adolescences who use facebook for education had good Quality of Life on phychological, interpersonal and environmental domains (sig=.026, .006 and .011 respectively). Besides there was a significant relationship between the period (month) from first time use until present and the overall Quality of Life (r=0.208). However, other factor such as average hour for use per day, average days for use per week and the most favorite time to use were not significantly correlate with Quality of Life.
Keyword : Facebook Behavior, Quality of Life, Middle Adolescent
May 27, 2015 Time: 12:30 – 13:30 hrs.
