الآثار المترتبة على استخدام مواقع التواصل الإجتماعي و علاقتها بالهوية الثقافية و الأمن النفسي لدى طلاب الجامعة

الملخص EN

The study aims to study the (cognitive, psychological, social, ethical & religious, and political) effects of social media and their relation to cultural identity and psychological security among Shaqra University students.

In order to answer the questions of research, the researchers used a questionnaire to measure the effects of using social media and also they used cultural identity scale, and the Maslow measure of psychological security.

The main sample included ( 230) students; (110) male, (120) female.

The researchers used the descriptive method in both comparative and associative ways through the use of T test and correlation coefficient as statistical means that lead to the results.

The results showed that: The level of negative and positive cognitive, psychological, social, ethical & religious, and political effects was within an average of (2.24: 3.5) and the level of cultural identity was high (3.96), while the psychological security came within an average of (16.33).

There were statistically significant differences between the students in the psychological security, and the positive and negative effects in favor of the female students.

No statistical differences were found regarding cultural identity.

Their specialization (scientific/ human) did not have any influence on the positive and negative effects, cultural identity and psychological security.

The correlation between positive effects, cultural identity and psychological security was also shown by (0.660, 0.884) due to the (psychological, social and political) effects.

There were statistically significant differences between the high and low cultural identity in the positive effects (psychological, social, political) and psychological security in favor of high cultural identity, while there were no significant differences between them in the positive effects (cognitive and ethical & religious).