New Approach in Teaching and Learning

The Role of Emotional Intelligence in the Relationship between Social Media Use and Academic Adjustment among Eleventh-Grade Students

10.22034/jnael.2025.251144
Volume 1, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
Autumn 2025
New Approach in Teaching and Learning

Authors

Mohtaram Rajabi 1
Talebali Poursharieh 2
Sara Alizadeh 3

1 M.A. in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Farvardin Institute of Higher Education, Qaem Shahr, Iran

2 PhD in Psychology, Lincoln University, Malaysia

3 Department of Psychology, Behshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Behshahr, Iran

Abstract
The present study aimed to examine the role of emotional intelligence in the relationship between social media use and academic adjustment among eleventh-grade students in Sari. In terms of its objective, the study was applied in nature, and in terms of methodology, it employed a descriptive correlational design. The statistical population consisted of all eleventh-grade students in Sari during the 2024–2025 academic year. The sample size was determined based on the Krejcie and Morgan table and selected using multistage cluster random sampling.The data collection instruments included the Social Media Use Questionnaire developed by Li et al. (2005), the Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale developed by Schutte et al. (1998), and the Sinha and Singh Academic Adjustment Inventory (1993). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistical methods, including Pearson’s correlation coefficient, regression analysis, and mediation analysis to examine the mediating role of emotional intelligence, using SPSS version 21.The findings showed a significant negative relationship between social media use and academic adjustment. A significant negative relationship was also found between social media use and emotional intelligence, whereas emotional intelligence was positively and significantly associated with academic adjustment. The results of the analyses indicated that emotional intelligence played a significant mediating role in the relationship between social media use and academic adjustment. Specifically, higher levels of emotional intelligence could explain part of the negative effect of excessive social media use on academic adjustment. Therefore, strengthening emotional intelligence skills among students may help reduce the adverse consequences of inappropriate social media use and promote their academic adjustment.

Keywords

Social Media Use
Emotional Intelligence
Academic Adjustment
Eleventh-Grade Students
Sari
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  • Receive Date 13 July 2025
  • Revise Date 19 August 2025
  • Accept Date 24 October 2025

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