University Students’ Problematic Mobile Phone Use

Year 2024, Volume: 14 Issue: 2, 177 - 185, 30.08.2024

Gülşen Ulaş Karaahmetoğlu , Zeynep Arabacı

Abstract

The study aimed to examine the factors affecting the problematic mobile phone use of university students (n=2.110). The study was conducted at a university in Turkey between April and May 2018. The students were found to have an above-average level of mobile phone addiction, an average level of deterioration in social relations, having problems as a result of using a mobile phone below the average, and using problematic mobile phones. The scale scores of girls were higher. It was determined that as the education level of the parents increased, the addiction scores of the students increased. Being aware of the problematic status of university students' mobile phone usage can help raise awareness about the issue and take necessary precautions.

Keywords

academic success; addiction; cell phone; social relations; university students.

Project Number

YOK

Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Problemli Cep Telefonu Kullanımı

Abstract

Araştırma, üniversite öğrencilerinin (n=2.110) problemli cep telefonu kullanımına etki eden faktörlerin incelenmesini amaçlamıştır. Çalışma, Nisan-Mayıs 2018 tarihleri arasında Türkiye'de bir üniversitede yapılmıştır. Öğrencilerin cep telefonu bağımlılığının ortalamanın üzerinde olduğu, sosyal ilişkilerinde ortalama düzeyde bozulma olduğu, cep telefonu kullanımı sonucu sorun yaşadıkları saptanmıştır. Cep telefonu ortalamanın altında ve sorunlu cep telefonu kullanıyor. Kızların ölçek puanları daha yüksekti. Anne baba eğitim düzeyi arttıkça öğrencilerin bağımlılık puanlarının arttığı belirlenmiştir. Üniversite öğrencilerinin cep telefonu kullanımındaki problemli durumlarının farkında olmak, konu hakkında farkındalığın artırılmasına ve gerekli önlemlerin alınmasına yardımcı olabilir.

Keywords

akademik başarı, bağımlılık, cep telefonu, sosyal ilişkiler, üniversite öğrenciler

Supporting Institution

Yok.

Project Number

YOK

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