Problemli Mobil Telefon Kullanımının Açıklamasında Yalnızlık ve Ertelemenin Rolü

Year 2025, Volume: 26 Issue: 3, 745 - 765, 30.09.2025

Serkan Volkan Sarı

https://doi.org/10.29299/kefad.1520390

Abstract

Bu araştırmada problemli mobil telefonu kullanımı ile yalnızlık ve erteleme davranışı arasındaki ilişkiler incelenmiştir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu 600 üniversite öğrencisinden oluşmaktadır. Cinsiyete göre dağılım 220 erkek (%36,6) ve 380 kadın (%64,4) şeklindedir. Katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 21,5 (sd=1,30)'dir. Tüm katılımcılar akıllı mobil telefon kullanıcısı olduklarını, cep telefonlarını günde 4 saat ve daha fazla kullandıklarını belirtmişlerdir. Ölçme aracı olarak demografik veri formu, Problemli Mobil Telefon Kullanımı Ölçeği, UCLA Yalnızlık Ölçeği ve Genel Erteleme Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Veri analizinde öncelikle verilerin normal dağılım özellikleri incelenmiştir. Problemli cep telefonu kullanımı, yalnızlık ve erteleme arasındaki ilişki Pearson momentler çarpımı korelasyon katsayısı tekniği ile analiz edilmiştir. Katılımcıların problemli mobil telefon kullanımlarını, yalnızlık ve ertelemenin ne düzeyde açıkladığını belirlemek amacıyla çoklu regresyon analizi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Sonuçlara göre problemli mobil telefon kullanımı ile yalnızlık ve erteleme arasında anlamlı ilişkiler bulunmuştur. Ayrıca çoklu regresyon analizi, yalnızlık ve ertelemenin problemli mobil telefon kullanımının önemli yordayıcıları olduğunu ortaya çıkarmıştır. Modelin değişkenleri açıklama oranı %18’dir. Sonuçlar literatürle karşılaştırılarak tartışılmış ve önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

Keywords

Mobil Telefon Kullanımı , Yalnızlık , Erteleme

The Role of Loneliness and Procrastination in Explaining Problematic Mobile Phone Use

Abstract

This study examines the relationships between problematic mobile phone use and loneliness and procrastination behavior. The study group of the research consists of 600 university students. The distribution by gender is 220 men (36.6%) and 380 women (64.4%). The average age of the participants is 21.5 (sd=1.30). As smart mobile phone users, all participants stated that they use their mobile phones 4 hours or more a day. Demographic data form, UCLA Loneliness Scale and General Procrastination Scale were used as measurement tools. In data analysis, the relationship between problematic mobile phone use, loneliness and procrastination was analyzed with the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient technique. Multiple regression analysis was performed to determine to what extent loneliness and procrastination explained the participants' problematic mobile phone use. According to the results, a significant relationship was found between problematic mobile phone use and loneliness and procrastination. Additionally, multiple regression analysis revealed that loneliness and procrastination were significant individual predictors of problematic mobile phone use. The model's explanation rate of variables is 18%. The results were discussed by comparing them with the literature and suggestions were made for field experts.

Keywords

Mobile Phone Use , Loneliness , Procrastination

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