A Review of Graduate Theses Conducted in Turkey on Internet Addiction

Abstract

Internet can affect the human life in both positive and negative way. One of these effects is an internet addiction. Several studies have been done relating to Internet addiction. Examination of the studies are important for revealing which topics have been studied more. Therefore, the study was undertaken to examine the theses made associated with Internet addiction. This study was conducted through document analysis method. A search of the National Thesis Center website was conducted using the search term Internet addiction in all fields and in all thesis types. 279 theses were examined which archived at the databases. According to the findings; adolescents for the sample type were used in 53.1% of the thesis. In the theses about internet addiction, the variables that are most related to internet addiction are; depression, anxiety, attachment, gender, internet usage time. The variables with the most significant difference with internet addiction are gender, class level, income. Repeating this study at regular intervals would make it possible to assess the progress of studies into Internet addiction over time.

Keywords

• Addiction
• behavioral addiction
• excessive internet use
• thesis

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