Demographic Features of University Students Using Facebook and its Relationship with Emotional Intelligence

AbstractPurposeThis study intends to identify the relationship between university students’ emotional intelligence and the increasing usage of social media (facebook). In particular, the relationship of usage features such as the perception of the user about facebook, motivation for opening an account on facebook, duration of usage, frequency of usage, usage time per day, number of friends on facebook, profile features of selected friends on facebook, intended use of facebook, features of shared materials, sections allowed to be seen on facebook, the selected profile picture on facebook and topics perceived as private on facebook with emotional intelligence features of people was explored.MethodSurvey questions on the use of Facebook were added to the current emotional intelligence scale consisting of 88 questions and were asked to university students. T he relationship between dimensions of emotional intelligence and usage of facebook were determined through SPSS 16.0 statistics programme.FindingsA significant relationship was found in personal skills, interpersonal skills, adaptability, overcoming stress and general mood sub-dimensions.ResultIn accordance with the research, it was found out that usage of Facebook contributes to the emotional intelligence in line with demographic features