The Association of Social Media Exposure and Family Relationship of Special Program in the Arts Students

Utilizing the proposition of Alolyan (2015) that with the approach of current modern phones and social media, it is conceivable to be physically present at a family or get-together yet losing of time for genuine social exercises, this study was conducted to determine the significant relationship between the social media exposure and family relationship among SPA students of Sto.Tomas National High School. A quantitative non-experimental descriptive-correlational design was employed in the study utilizing a stratified random sampling technique among 176 out of 335 students. Frequency was used to determine the social media exposure and family relationship while Chi-square Analysis was used to test the significant association between the two variables. As a result, 71 students were exposed in social media for an hour every day, 41 students were exposed in social media for two hours every day, 56 students were exposed to social media for three hours every day, and only eight students were exposed to social media for more than four hours every day. While only one student has very poor family relationship, 13 students have poor family relationship, 94 students have good family relationship, 66 students have very good family relationship, and two students have excellent family relationship. It was also found out that there is a significant association between social media exposure and family relationships. Thus, SPA students’ exposure to social media is recommended to be at a minimal level to enhance the good family relationship.