The Effect of Smartphone Addiction on Academic Success: A Study on University Youth

Year 2025, Volume: 18 Issue: 2, 641 - 668, 15.10.2025

Şükrü Balcı , Emre Osman Olkun , Hamide Sarıtaş

https://doi.org/10.18094/josc.1677553

Abstract

University students, as the backbone of nations and societies, undertake significant responsibilities in shaping the future of their country. Young people, the actors of the digital age, are considered the most eager group in the use of technological tools. Among these tools, smartphones in particular have become an indispensable part of their lives. The prolonged and intensive use of smartphones leads students to become dependent on these devices. Smartphone addiction negatively affects university students not only in psychological, social and physical aspects but also in terms of their academic success. This study, which investigates the effect of smartphone addiction on academic achievement, was conducted with a sample of 1002 students from Istanbul University, Ege University, Akdeniz University, Selçuk University, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Atatürk University and Dicle University in Türkiye. The study employed a quantitative research method and used purposive sampling, one of the non-probability sampling techniques. According to the analysis results, there is no statistically significant difference between participants’ gender, smartphone addiction levels and general academic achievement levels. However, smartphone addiction has a statistically significant negative effect on participants’ overall academic achievement.

Keywords

Smartphones , Addiction , Academic success , University youth , Effect

Akıllı Telefon Bağımlılığının Akademik Başarı Üzerindeki Etkisi: Üniversite Gençliği Araştırması

Abstract

Üniversite öğrencileri ulusların ve toplumların omurgaları olarak ülkenin geleceğinin şekillenmesinde önemli görevler üstlenmektedirler. Dijital çağın aktörleri olan gençler teknolojik araçların kullanımında en istekli grup olarak değerlendirilmektedir. Bu araçlar arasında özellikle akıllı telefonlar onların vazgeçilmez bir parçası haline gelmiştir. Akıllı telefonların uzun süre ve yoğun kullanımı öğrencilerin bu araçlara bağımlı hale gelmelerine neden olmaktadır. Akıllı telefon bağımlılığı ise üniversite öğrencilerini ruhsal, sosyal ve fiziksel açıdan olumsuz etkilemenin yanında onların akademik başarıları üzerinde de olumsuz etki yaratmaktadır. Akıllı telefon bağımlılığının akademik başarı üzerindeki etkisinin araştırıldığı bu araştırmada Türkiye’de eğitim veren İstanbul Üniversitesi, Ege Üniversitesi, Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Selçuk Üniversitesi, Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Atatürk Üniversitesi ve Dicle Üniversitesi evreninde, 1002 öğrenci örnekleminde yapılmıştır. Nicel araştırma yönteminin kullanıldığı araştırmada olasılıksız örneklem alma türlerinden amaçlı örneklem alma tekniği kullanılmıştır. Analiz sonuçlarına göre, katılımcıların cinsiyetleri ile akıllı telefon bağımlılık düzeyleri ile genel akademik başarı düzeyleri arasında anlamlı farklılık bulunmamaktadır. Ancak katılımcıların genel akademik başarıları üzerinde akıllı telefon bağımlılığının negatif anlamlı etkisi vardır.

Keywords

Akıllı telefonlar , Bağımlılık , Akademik başarı , Üniversite gençliği , Etki

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