PILOT STUDY OF A LIFE SKILLS ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMME ON LIFE SKILLS AND RISK BEHAVIORS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION AMONG YOUNG ADOLESCENTS

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) develop a life skills enhancement programme on the life skills and risk behaviours of social media addiction among young adolescents, and 2) study the results of the life skills enhancement programme on the life skills and risk behaviours of social media addiction among early adolescence. This research used a quasi-experimental approach to study 4 students. Purposive Sampling was carried out at junior high schools in an urban area through a general information questionnaire, Social Media Addiction Screening Scale: S-MASS and Life skills test during a 10-week period for the life skills enhancement programme. For the results, all participants of the pilot study had decreased social media usage behaviour, and two of them changed their social media addiction level from high risk to moderate risk, and moderate risk to low risk of social media addiction, respectively, after the programme. Further, life skills were increased among all participants after the programme.