The Role of the Islamic Education in Dealing with Psychological Effects of Social Media Networks among Students at Mu’tah University

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the role of the Islamic Education in dealing with the psychological effects of social media networks among students at Mu’tah University in Jordan.In order to obtain the required data, a questionnaire consists of 31 questions was used in this study. The questionnaire can be divided into three sections. The sample of the study, which was selected, using stratified random method, consisted of 346 male and female students.The study indicated that the psychological effects of social media networks among Mu’tah University students were high in all of sections. In addition, the result showed statistical significant differences in the psychological effects attributed to the social variable in favor of male. Furthermore, the results showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the psychological effects of the students due to collage variable.The study recommended the necessity of using the measurement of psychological effects and apply it in different samples (i.e. students and societies).