Investigating the Impact of Virtual Social Networks on Family Interactions

Excessive use of virtual social networks and the tendency of all family members to such networks, as well as the reduction of face-to-face and interpersonal relationships and the reduction of family members' interactions with each other are considered as a serious harm in society. Therefore, in this study, the effect of using virtual networks and frequent and excessive use of it on family interactions is discussed.This research is of integrated type and a small part is of descriptive-explanatory type and survey research method and in the qualitative part of the interview method is used. All married residents (over 18 years old) of Rudbar city are considered as the statistical population of the study. In this research, Cochran's formula is used to determine the sample size as follows and according to the statistical population (21,000 people), the sample size is 383, which in order to ensure the completion of all questionnaires, 385 people as a sample. selected. Information was collected by a researcher-made questionnaire and the interview form was collected and analyzed.The effect of using virtual social networks on family members' interactions is 28.3%. Which should be given serious attention by families to improve family relationships and reduce the use of virtual social networks.Based on the results, there is a significant relationship between the use of virtual social networks and family members' interactions. As a result of multivariate regression, the correlation coefficient (R) between the variables is 0.532, which indicates that there is a set of independent variables. And there is a relatively strong correlation between the research dependent variable (family member interactions). But the value of the adjusted coefficient (R2) which is equal to 0.283 which shows that 28.3% of the total changes in family members' interactions depend on the independent research variable (use of cyberspace).