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The current study is designed to explore the effectiveness of symbolic modeling (SM) in reducing social networking site addiction and enhancing intrinsic academic motivation among primary school female students in Jordan. To evaluate the effectiveness of the technique, a social networking site addiction scale, a diagnostic interview, and an academic motivation scale were used. The study sample included 38 female participants in the 7th grade, chosen from a Jordanian primary school. According to their high networking site addiction scale scores, showing three or more symptoms of social networking site addiction based on DSM-5 and low academic motivation scale scores. The participants were randomly divided into two equal groups: one experimental group that got SM technique training and met twice a week for 90-minute sessions for four weeks, and one control group that did not get any technique. A one-way ANCOVA and a one-way MANCOVA were used to analyze the data. The results showed that SM was significantly more effective in reducing social networking site addiction and enhancing intrinsic academic motivation than no treatment. According to these results, students' behavior in schools can be changed by displaying positive modeling that they can simulate and practice in their daily life.
Keywords: symbolic modeling technique, social networking site addiction, intrinsic academic motivation
Social networking sites are popular all over the world and play an important role in our life, yet they impact our thoughts as well as feelings and behaviors. It has impacted our life in many ways, including the way individuals communicate with each other, it has also changed their education and training styles. In the present day, social networking sites have played an important aspect in students' daily life, and it has had a major impact on their academic performance, particularly during the COVID-19 Pandemic, when education went online in accordance with the limitations performed to protect students and the general public's health.
Social media programs allow students to meet outside of class to collaborate and share information about tasks and activities, as well as enhance students' engagement with each other and their teachers on homework and group projects. It also allows them to communicate with others, such as friends and relatives, establish new connections, share ideas, information, and photos (Azizi et al., 2019). On...