The role of social media in enhancing adolescents’ digital life quality- survey study in the UAE

Figures & data

Figure 1. shows the sample distribution by gender.

Figure 2. shows sample distribution by age.

Figure 3. shows sample distribution by specialization.

Figure 4. shows ample distribution by the favourite means of communication.

Table 1. Shows the sample characteristics regarding gender, specialization, favourite communications, living place, and nationalities.

Factor		No.	Percent %
Gender	Male	89	46.4
	Female	103	53.6
Age	13	35	18.2
	14	42	21.9
	15	52	27.1
	16	57	29.7
Specialization	Scientific	97	50.5
	Humanities	59	30.7
	not specified	36	18.8
Favorite communications	Facebook	71	36.9
	Instagram	29	15.1
	TikTok	65	33.9
	X	15	7.8
	Telegram	12	6.3
Living Place	Dubai	33	17.2
	Sharjah	74	38.5
	Ajman	48	25
	Umm Al Quwain	23	11.9
	Ras Al-Khaimah	14	7.3
Nationality	UAE	32	16.7
	Egyptian	57	29.7
	Jordan	46	23.9
	Iraq	23	11.9
	Syrian	34	17.7

Table 2. shows the correlation coefficients between the score of each statement and the total score of the questionnaire on digital life quality.

	The statement correlation	The significance		The statement correlation	The significance		The statement correlation	The significance
1	0.87**	0.05	8	0.68**	0.05	15	0.51**	0.05
2	0.74**		9	0.69**		16	0.66**
3	0.87**		10	0.54**		17	0.79**
4	0.68**		11	0.68**		18	0.90**
5	0.85**		12	0.55**		19	0.62**
6	0.64**		13	0.74**		20	0.73**
7	0.59**		14	0.58**		21	0.58**

Table 3. shows the extent of adolescents’ use of social media.

	1	2	3	4	5	A.M.	S.D.	χ2
1	117	58	12	3	2	4.65	0.84	68.7b
2	133	45	9	4	1	4.31	0.67	58.2b
3	138	44	8	2	0	4.01	0.86	47.6 b
4	126	49	12	3	2	4.33	0.78	84.5 b
5	137	42	8	3	2	4.40	0.84	77.3 b
6	132	47	7	3	3	4.35	0.77	69.3 b
7	125	52	9	4	2	4.12	0.79	67.3 b
8	133	41	9	5	4	3.98	0.87	74.5 b
9	129	48	8	4	3	4.61	0.71	81.1 b
10	140	42	5	3	2	4.50	0.84	46.8 b
11	136	38	10	4	4	4.32	0.81	71.0 b
12	133	40	12	4	3	3.81	0.82	58.6 b
13	123	52	12	3	2	4.51	0.65	57.9 b
14	127	45	9	6	5	3.96	0.78	56.4 b
15	130	44	10	5	3	4.58	0.69	74.5 b
16	136	38	12	3	3	4.35	0.74	80.01 b
17	137	42	8	3	2	4.36	0.73	59.4 b
18	132	47	7	3	3	4.58	0.58	69.7 b
19	126	52	9	2	3	4.26	0.64	66.1 b
20	131	41	11	5	4	4.57	0.47	48.8 b
21	129	45	9	4	5	4.69	0.84	81.0 b
22	134	46	5	3	4	4.58	0.77	70.3 b
Total %	2884 68.3	998 23.6	201 4.8	79 1.9	62 1.5	4.35	16.49

Table 4. shows the impact of using social media on the respondents’ digital life quality.

The standard	R	R2	F	Sig*	D.F.	β		T	Sig
Social media	0.55	0.30	68.5	0.00	1	The stable	2.1	8.5	0.01
					250	Digital life quality	0.78	10.1	0.01

Table 5. shows the test of differences between respondents in their use of social media by gender.

	The variable		N	A.M.	S.D.	T	D.F.	The significance
The use of social media	Gender	Male	89	4.01	1.02	−1.24	388	0.078
		Female	103	4.31	0.87

Table 6. shows the ANOVA test of differences between respondents in their use of social media by age, specialization, and favourite means of communication.

	The variable		N	A.M.	S.D.	F	F.D.		The significance
The use of social media		females	103	4.31	0.87	361	Between groups	Within groups
	Age	13	35	4.01	0.68		2	387	0.87
		14	48	4.12	0.87
		15	52	3.98	0.74
		16	57	4.51	0.62
	Specialization	Scientific	97	4.62	0.79	17.42	2	378	0.001
		humanitarian	59	4.09	0.80
		Unspecified	36	4.19	0.51
	Favorite means of communication	Facebook	71	4.50	0.60	12.93	3	386	0.001
		Instagram	29	4.26	0.85
		Tik Tok	65	4.39	0.97
		Twitter	15	3.88	1.06
		Telegram	12	3.79	1.21