Mediating Effect of Facebook Usage between Wellness Dimensions and Academic Performance on Government University Undergraduates in Sri Lanka

P.D.V. Charika Wickramaratne
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P.D.V. Charika Wickramaratne: Department of Sport Science and Physical Education, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2023, vol. 7, issue 6, 100-116

Abstract: The concept of Wellness comes from the early decades of the twentieth century. Out of the wellness dimension models six main dimensions of wellness have been identified by researchers. They are Social Wellness, Physical Wellness, Intellectual Wellness, Occupational Wellness, Emotional Wellness and Spiritual Wellness. This study depicts the mediating effect of Facebook usage between wellness dimensions and academic performance on government university undergraduates in Sri Lanka. University of Sri Jayewardenepura, University of Colombo, University of Kelaniya and University of Peradeniya are the universities out of the fifteen universities in Sri Lanka which were selected as the sample for this study. Data collection method was simple random sample method. And in the questionnaire five point liquid scale method was used. The structural equation modeling using the Amos Software was used to analyze the collected data. Based on the findings of this study, wellness dimensions have an impact on the academic performance of government university undergraduates in Sri Lanka and there is an impact on wellness dimensions and Facebook usage of government university undergraduates in Sri Lanka.

Date: 2023
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