وافع العلاقات الاسرية المترتبة على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي من وجهة نظر اولياء امور الطلبة في مدينة طولكرم

The reality of family relations resulting from social networking sites from the point of view of parents of students in the city of Tulkarm

The aim of this study is to identify the impact of social networks sites on family relations in accordance with parents' perspectives in the city of Tulkarm during the scholastic year (2013-2014). To achieve this, the researcher used a questionnaire consisted of (27) items and was divided into three domains; the questionnaire which was tested for reliability and validity as alpha correlation was (.87). The questionnaire, was distributed on a randomly chosen sample of (432) families with a percentage of 5% of the whole population of the study which was (9799) families. Results of the study have indicated that there are statistical differences with regard to qualification. Results of this study have also indicated that there are no statistical differences with regard to variables of sex, income, age, and the number of family members. The researcher recommends removing barriers between parents and their children which would help greatly in encouraging then to benefit from the experience of their parents as a source of supervision and will also help in minimizing the psychological obstacles they normally encounter in life.