Abstract

• The primary purpose of this study is to examine Facebook addiction and loneliness of university students from Sagaing District. The sample consists of 760 university students (368 males and 392 females) from Sagaing University of Education, Sagaing University, Cooperative University Sagaing and Sagaing Technological Unversity. Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale designed by Andreassen, Torsheim and Brunborg (2012) was used to measure Facebook addiction of university students. The Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale designed by Russell, Peplau and Cutrona (1980) and Russell and Cutrona, (1988) was used to measure loneliness of students. According to results, 11.97% of the university students had higher level of Facebook addiction and male students were more addicted to Facebook than females. There were significant differences in Facebook addiction by university, by the time participant spend on Facebook in a day. Then, male students feel more loneliness than females. There were significant differences in loneliness by university. Finally, there was a significant positive correlation between Facebook addiction and loneliness.