Afghan Students’ Purposes of Using Facebook at Mirwais Khan Nika Zabul Institute of Higher Education, Zabul, Afghanistan

Himat, Abdul Nafi; Nazari, Habib Rahman

doi:10.46281/aijssr.v6i1.930

“…It was decided in the study (Sánchez, Fornerino & Zhang 2006) that certain factors were used in the option to study in abroad to obtain a new experience, improve the condition of working, improve the social situation, seek freedom/pleasure, learn new languages.However, the following barriers could be family barriers, finance barriers, psychological barrier and social barriers. These factors discourage students to studying in abroad (Himat & Nazari, 2021).…”

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Understanding the Feelings and Motivation of Afghan Students’ Regarding Studying at Chinese Universities

Bahir¹,

Huanghe²

2021

aijssr

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Making a decision to study in foreign countries is considered one of the most difficult tasks. However, it is one of the most essential and valuable attempts for the students because in foreign countries the quality of lessons are high and they can make huge social relations with learners. Also, China accepts students from all over the world. This study examined the feelings, and motivations of Afghan students; the data was collected through google form and constructed interview which 99 students were the participants. A mixed approach was used for this study. Moreover, the interview was done with those learners who have been completed their higher education in the country of China and the data was analyzed through SPSS 26 version. The findings asserted that learning of students in China is very beneficial as well with the relations of other foreign countries who study in China. Furthermore, the findings indicated more that learners have noticeable achievements in the parts of the culture of China, new technology; learning of Chinese language. Additionally, in China living allowance, medical services, well-equipped dormitories and the services of seeing historical places are free of charge for the better life of students. JEL Classification Codes: A19, B10, B25, C10, C53.

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Facebook Addiction among Afghan University Students: A Structural Equation Modelling

Ghulami

¹

,

Abdul

²

,

Ibrahim

³

et al. 2021

IJDCN

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The current research intends to evaluate the validity and reliability of the adopted model-BFAS, and investigate relationship between the motives and Facebook addiction in Afghanistan. The adopted instrument were online distributed to undergraduate and postgraduate students and only 431 responded across the country to determine their intentions for using Facebook. The software of RStudio used for descriptive analysis and SEM-PLS approach was applied to hypothesis the relationship between the constructs. Results showed that the BFAS measures intensity of Facebook addiction, although measurement model was reliable and structural model has discriminate validity. Further, the results show that students use Facebook for communication, social interaction and entertainment, and these motives positively predicted Facebook addiction. Based on the results, authors believe that the Facebook addiction is a phenomenon that exists across the countries, and greater use of Facebook would tend to create problem of addiction. In sum up, this research would help parents, serves provider, policy makers, current Facebook users, and students to control their excessive use of Facebook.

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Facebook Addiction among Afghan University Students: A Structural Equation Modelling

Ghulami

¹

,

Roesh

²

,

Ibrahim

³

et al. 2021

IJDCN

2

0

1

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The current research intends to evaluate the validity and reliability of the adopted model-BFAS, and investigate relationship between the motives and Facebook addiction in Afghanistan. The adopted instrument were online distributed to undergraduate and postgraduate students and only 431 responded across the country to determine their intentions for using Facebook. The software of RStudio used for descriptive analysis and SEM-PLS approach was applied to hypothesis the relationship between the constructs. Results showed that the BFAS measures intensity of Facebook addiction, although measurement model was reliable and structural model has discriminate validity. Further, the results show that students use Facebook for communication, social interaction and entertainment, and these motives positively predicted Facebook addiction. Based on the results, authors believe that the Facebook addiction is a phenomenon that exists across the countries, and greater use of Facebook would tend to create problem of addiction. In sum up, this research would help parents, serves provider, policy makers, current Facebook users, and students to control their excessive use of Facebook.

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Afghan Students’ Purposes of Using Facebook at Mirwais Khan Nika Zabul Institute of Higher Education, Zabul, Afghanistan

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Understanding the Feelings and Motivation of Afghan Students’ Regarding Studying at Chinese Universities

Understanding the Feelings and Motivation of Afghan Students’ Regarding Studying at Chinese Universities

Facebook Addiction among Afghan University Students: A Structural Equation Modelling

Facebook Addiction among Afghan University Students: A Structural Equation Modelling

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