INTERNET ADDICTION INCREASES AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ESPECIALLY AMONG FEMALE STUDENTS IN MERSIN TURKEY

Year 2019, , 268 - 275, 18.10.2019

Caferi Tayyar Şaşmaz , Fazıl Koças

https://doi.org/10.35232/estudamhsd.558819

Abstract

The present study aimed to show the change in the
prevalence of internet addiction detected among high school students from data
collected in 2012 to that collected in 2016. This cross-sectional study was
conducted in 13 high schools in 2016. The prevalence of internet addiction in
2012 and 2016 was compared using the Z-test. The risk factors for internet
addiction were determined using Binary Logistic Regression analysis. The study
population consisted of 1061 students, 531 of which
were female (50.1%). Of the 1061 students, 234 (22.1%) had an internet
addiction (18.9% in males, 25.2% in females, p<0.05). In comparison with the data collected in 2012, the
prevalence of internet addiction in male students had not changed in the four
years, while it had changed dramatically in female students (p<0.001). Internet addiction was
influenced 1.76 times by female students, 2.08 times by gaming, and 1.4 times
by an increase in online applications. Internet addiction among high school
students increased from 2012 to 2016 in the evaluated schools. The main factor
for this is the increase in the internet addictionin female students.

Keywords

Adolecent, internet, internet addiction

İNTERNET BAĞIMLILIĞI LİSE ÖĞRENCİLERİ ARASINDA ÖZELLİKLE KIZLAR ARASINDA ARTMAKTADIR

Abstract

Çalışma 2012’den 2016’ya
lise öğrencileri arasında internet bağımlılığındaki değişimi araştırmayı
amaçlamaktadır.Kesitsel tipte planlanan çalışma 2016 yılında 13 lisede yapıldı.
2012 ve 2016 internet bağımlılığı prevelansı Z testi kullanılarak
karşılaştırıldı. İnternet bağımlılığı ile ilişkili risk faktörleri Binary
Logistik Regresyon analizi ile belirlendi. Çalışma grubu 531’i (%50.1) kız
olmak üzere 1061 öğrenciden oluşmaktadır. 1061 öğrencinin 234’dünün (%22.1)
internet bağımlısı idi (Erkeklerde %18.9, kızlarda %25.2, p<0.05)). 2012’de
toplanan very ile karşılaştırıldığında, geçen dört yılda kız öğrencilerde
internet bağımlılığı prevelansı dramtik bir şekilde artarken (p<0.001),
erkek öğrencilerde değişmemişti. İnternet bağımlılığı kız öğrencilerde 1.76
kat, oyun oynayanlarda 2.08 kat ve online uygulama sayısı arttıkça 1.4 kat
artmaktadır.2012 yılından 2016 yılına lise öğrencileri arasında internet bağımlılığı
artmıştır. Bunun başlıca nedeni internet bağımlılığının kızlarda artmasıdır.

Keywords

Ergen, internet, internet bağımlılığı

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