Faculty Publications
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Version
Published Version
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Handbook of Families in the Arab Gulf Studies
First Page
287
Last Page
302
Abstract
Social media use especially among children and adolescents has become a topic of concern in the Gulf region especially for parents. This chapter addresses the issue of social media use and its impact on family relations, and is comprised of six parts: (1) place of social media in sociology; (2) prevalence of social media in the Gulf region with an emphasis on how much use, nature of use and motivation for use; (3) positive and detrimental consequences of social media use; (4) impact of social media use, especially problematic social media, on family relations; (5) parents’ role in guiding their children toward reasonable and safe use of social media; and (6) conclusion and recommendations.
Department
Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies
Original Publication Date
5-30-2025
Object Description
1 PDF File
DOI of published version
10.1007/978-981-96-3412-5_15
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Copyright
©2025 The Author(s)
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Al-Mabuk, Radhi H. and Alrebh, Abdullah F., "Impact of Social Media on Family Relations in the Arab Gulf Region" (2025). Faculty Publications. 6807.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/6807
Comments
First published in Handbook of Families in the Arab Gulf States, Chapter 15, published by Springer Nature. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-3412-5_15