Predicting Tendency to Social Networks based on Interpersonal Relationships and Emotional Regulation in Female High School Students

Today, the use of social networks has grown a lot and these networks have both positive features and consequences and negative features and consequences. From the factors related to social networks can be noted to interpersonal relationships and emotional regulation. Therefore, the aim of present study was predicting tendency to social networks based on interpersonal relationships and emotional regulation in female high school students. This was a descriptive-analytical study from type of cross-sectional. The study population was all female high school students in Rasht city in the academic years of 2018-19, which from them number of 100 students were selected by available sampling method. Samples responded to research tools including the tendency to social network scale (Andreassen & et al, 2012), communication skills questionnaire (Barton, 1990) and emotional regulation questionnaire (Gross and John, 2003). Data collected by the above tools were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression with enter model methods in SPSS software version 19. The results of Pearson correlation coefficients showed that verbal skill (r= -0.169), feedback skill (r= -0.117), interpersonal relationships (r= -0.367) and emotional regulation (r= -0.420) had a negative and significant relationship with tendency to social networks (P<0.05), but listening skill (r= -0.085) had no significant relationship with the tendency to social networks (P>0.05). The results of multiple regression with enter model showed that interpersonal relationships and emotion regulation could significantly explain 28.5% and the dimensions of interpersonal relationships could significantly explain 4.6% of the changes of tendency to social networks (P<0.05). According to the results, the specialists and planners of education of students to reduce the tendency to social networks can increase the level of interpersonal relationships and emotion regulation in them through training workshops.