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Abstract

The widespread use of social networks has transformed the way students communicate, raising concerns about its impact on interpersonal relationships. This quantitative study aims to investigate the correlation between university students' social media usage and the quality of their interpersonal relationships, exploring how social network use affects relationship dynamics, communication patterns among students. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a structured questionnaire, including the Interpersonal Relationship Questionnaire to assess the quality of interpersonal relationships and a Social Media Use Questionnaire to measure social network usage trends, to collect data from 300 students.  Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis, including Pearson's correlation coefficient, were used in the data analysis, which was carried out using SPSS, to fully investigate the connection between university students' use of social networks and their interpersonal connections. This study suggests that social media use may slightly enhance interpersonal relationships among university students. This shows that although social media use and interpersonal relationships have a statistically significant relationship, the practical significance of this relationship may be limited. According to the weak correlation, social media use can only explain a small portion of the variation in interpersonal relationships, and other factors, such as face-to-face interaction and shared activities, are likely to have a greater impact on the quality of interpersonal relationships among university students. The findings of this study can inform strategies to promote healthy social media use and strong interpersonal relationships among university students.