Research Article

Determining the Relationship Between Secondary School Students' Digital Addictions and Academic Motivation

Volume: 54 Number: 3 December 31, 2025
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Determining the Relationship Between Secondary School Students' Digital Addictions and Academic Motivation

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the relationship between digital addiction and academic motivation levels among middle school students and to examine how these variables differ according to various demographic factors. The sample consisted of 930 students (506 female, 424 male) from seven middle schools in Sivas during the fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year. Employing a quantitative survey design, the research utilized the one-dimensional Digital Addiction Scale developed by Şahin et al. (2019) and the seven-subdimension Academic Motivation Scale developed by Yurt and Bozer (2015). Since the data met the assumption of normality, we applied parametric analyses such as independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, Tukey post hoc tests, and Pearson correlation tests. that digital addiction levels differed significantly in favor of female students, students in lower grade levels, and those whose mothers had higher educational attainment. In terms of academic motivation, significant differences were also observed in favor of students whose fathers had higher educational levels, in addition to the aforementioned variables (p< .05). A low-level negative correlation was found between total digital addiction and academic motivation scores. Furthermore, digital addiction correlated negatively at a low level with intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, but positively at a moderate level with amotivation. We recommend that students' digital addiction be controlled through school-family cooperation to maintain and enhance academic motivation.

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Ethical Statement

During the planning, data collection, analysis, and reporting of this research, ethical principles and rules specified in the "Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive" were followed. No practice contrary to Scientific Research and Publication Ethics was conducted, and informed consent was obtained from all individual participants involved in the research.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Specialist Studies in Education (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 31, 2025

Submission Date

January 13, 2024

Acceptance Date

December 19, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 54 Number: 3

APA
Ağlar, C., & Arslan, A. (2025). Determining the Relationship Between Secondary School Students’ Digital Addictions and Academic Motivation. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 54(3), 819-848. https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.1419089
AMA
1.Ağlar C, Arslan A. Determining the Relationship Between Secondary School Students’ Digital Addictions and Academic Motivation. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2025;54(3):819-848. doi:10.14812/cuefd.1419089
Chicago
Ağlar, Cengiz, and Aysel Arslan. 2025. “Determining the Relationship Between Secondary School Students’ Digital Addictions and Academic Motivation”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 54 (3): 819-48. https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.1419089.
EndNote
Ağlar C, Arslan A (December 1, 2025) Determining the Relationship Between Secondary School Students’ Digital Addictions and Academic Motivation. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 54 3 819–848.
IEEE
[1]C. Ağlar and A. Arslan, “Determining the Relationship Between Secondary School Students’ Digital Addictions and Academic Motivation”, Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 819–848, Dec. 2025, doi: 10.14812/cuefd.1419089.
ISNAD
Ağlar, Cengiz - Arslan, Aysel. “Determining the Relationship Between Secondary School Students’ Digital Addictions and Academic Motivation”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 54/3 (December 1, 2025): 819-848. https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.1419089.
JAMA
1.Ağlar C, Arslan A. Determining the Relationship Between Secondary School Students’ Digital Addictions and Academic Motivation. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2025;54:819–848.
MLA
Ağlar, Cengiz, and Aysel Arslan. “Determining the Relationship Between Secondary School Students’ Digital Addictions and Academic Motivation”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 54, no. 3, Dec. 2025, pp. 819-48, doi:10.14812/cuefd.1419089.
Vancouver
1.Cengiz Ağlar, Aysel Arslan. Determining the Relationship Between Secondary School Students’ Digital Addictions and Academic Motivation. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2025 Dec. 1;54(3):819-48. doi:10.14812/cuefd.1419089

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