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The participants consisted of 29 students, 17 female and 12 male, studying in different faculties and departments of Dicle University. The data were obtained through semi-structured interviews conducted by the researcher. The thematic analysis produced five meta-themes regarding university students’ use of social media, which include interpersonal relationships, emotions, basic psychological needs, problems caused by social media use, and the impact of the use of social media on the self. Each meta-theme was divided into subthemes, categories, and codes; participant statement excerpts were presented. The qualitative findings were discussed in light of the literature, and recommendations were made.  \nKeywords: Excessive social media use, qualitative research, university students  \nDOI: 10.29329/epasr.2023 .600.2  \nSubmitted: 14 March 2023 Accepted: 20 July 2023 Published: 30 September 2023  \n1Assist. Prof. Dr., Faculty of Literature, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Türkiye, ORCID: 0000-0002-8128-6498  \nCorrespondence: [ozlemtolan@gmail.com](ozlemtolan@gmail.com)  \nIntroduction  \nIndividuals use social media applications for many different purposes, such as staying connected with others; playing games; sharing photos, videos, and news; passing spare time; socializing; and creating posts (Ryan et al., 2014) . Approximately 57% of the world’s population use social media applications, and individuals between the ages of 18 and 34 are the most intensive users. A report suggests that users between the ages of 16 and 24 spend significant time on social media (We Are Social 2021) . The concept of “social media addiction” has emerged to describe the excessive use of social media such that it causes emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal issues. Social media addiction is defined as an increased exposure to social media applications to the extent that it causes mental health-related, academic, and interpersonal problems (Andreassen & Pallesen, 2014) .  \nSocial media is defined as social interactions among people wherein they create, share, or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks (Carlson et al., 2016) . Social media addiction is defined as a subtype of Internet addiction wherein individuals have an excessive interest in social media networks (Starcevic, 2013) . Individuals with social media addiction are overly concerned about what is happening on social media, which is driven by an uncontrollable urge to use these platforms (Andreassen & Pallesen, 2014) . Social media addiction, a type of Internet addiction, is considered a behavioral addiction. Griffiths (2013) identified six key components that define a behavior as an addiction: salience, mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal symptoms, conflict, and relapse. Salience refers to social media use becoming one of the most important activities in individuals’ lives and dominating their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Mood modification refers to social media serving as a coping strategy to “self-medicate.” Tolerance refers to spending increasing amounts of time on social media to achieve a desired effect. Withdrawal refers to unpleasant feelings and physical effects that individuals experience when social media use is discontinued. Conflict refers to the issues addicts and individuals around them experience because of their addiction. Relapse refers to the failure of measures taken to overcome addiction and regression to earlier patterns of social media use.  \nIt has been pointed out the fact that the term addiction has mostly been associated with drugs, alcohol, and gambling. In the mid-1990s, with the increasing prevalence of computer and Internet use, technology addiction began to appear as a social issue. 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