Y Guven, O Uysal
The importance of student research projects in dental education
European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe
prevalence social media influence education makes necessary investigate might affect nursing students academic achievement sense self knowledge associations academic performance selfesteem social media usage among nursing students saudi arabia remain understudied study aimed examine relationships academic performance selfesteem utilization social media platforms saudi arabian nursing students descriptive correlational study employed convenience sample 220 nursing students response rate 952 online survey questions demographics students academic performance social media usage selfesteem used data collection 1 march may 2023 pearson correlation coefficients independent ttests analysis variance hierarchical regression used data analysis social media use average score 360 066 selfesteem 213 027 academic performance 395 058 students academic performance related positively utilization social media platforms r 0210 p 001 statistically positive correlations academic purpose social motives domains utilizing social media academic performance r 0304 p 001 r 0208 p 001 respectively amount time students spent social media related selfesteem r 0047 p 005 students selfesteem unrelated academic achievement r 0059 p 005 utilizing social media channels assist nursing students improving academic achievement therefore nursing educators decisionmakers nursing education opportunity establish collaborative learning environments integrating social media approach aims improve communication enhance learning experience ultimately improve academic achievements nursing students