Problematic Social Media Engagement and Procrastination: A Dual-Domain Investigation of Sleep and Academic Outcomes

The widespread adoption of social media in everyday life has also raised concerns about its potential effects on university students' self-regulatory behaviors. The current investigation not only explored the relationship between social media addiction, bedtime procrastination, and academic procrastination, but also made comparisons on gender, university type, and residential background. A cross-sectional survey study was adopted using 300 university students. The young people were surveyed on Social Media Addiction Scale, Bedtime Procrastination Scale, and Academic Procrastination Scale. The statistical analyses to test the four hypotheses were Pearson correlation and independent samples t-tests. Findings have shown that social media addiction is significantly and positively correlated with bedtime procrastination (r =.57, p