DETERMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERNET ADDICTION ANXIETY AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIORS IN ADOLESCENTS

Year 2023, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 99 - 103, 31.08.2023

Gülsün Ayran

https://doi.org/10.52831/kjhs.1261187

Abstract

Objective: This research was conducted to determine the relationship between internet addiction, anxiety and aggressive behaviors in adolescents.
Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted between September and December 2022. A total of 336 students studying at a high school in eastern Turkey participated in the research. Data were collected with the “Questionniare Form”, “Young's Internet Addiction Test-Short Form”, “Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire” and “State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children”.
Results: The mean age of the students in the study was 15.98±1.31 years, 59.8% of them were male and 30.1% of them were 10th grade students. It was determined that the students' Young's Internet Addiction Test-Short Form total score average was 24.51±9.72, the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire total score average was 74.61±26.38, and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children total score average was 36.70±6.37. It was determined that there was a positive correlation between students' internet addiction level and aggression and anxiety levels, respectively (p<0.05).
Conclusion: As a result, it was determined that the increase in the internet addiction scores of the students was associated with the increase in the aggression and anxiety scores.

Keywords

Adolescent, Internet Addiction, Anxiety, Aggression

ADÖLESANLARDA İNTERNET BAĞIMLILIĞI KAYGI VE SALDIRGAN DAVRANIŞLAR ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN BELİRLENMESİ

Abstract

Amaç: Bu araştırma adölesanlarda internet bağımlılığı, kaygı ve saldırgan davranışlar arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesi amacıyla yapıldı.
Yöntem: Kesitsel tipteki bu araştırma Eylül-Aralık 2022 tarihleri arasında gerçekleştirildi. Türkiye’nin doğusundaki bir lisede öğrenim gören toplam 336 öğrenci araştırmaya katıldı. Veriler “Soru Formu”, “Young İnternet Bağımlılığı Testi Kısa Formu”, “Buss-Perry Saldırganlık Ölçeği” ve “Çocuklar için Durumluk Sürekli Kaygı Envanteri” ile toplandı.
Bulgular: Araştırmadaki öğrencilerin yaş ortalaması 15.98±1.31 yıl olup, %59.8’i erkek, %30.1’i 10. sınıf öğrencisiydi. Öğrencilerin toplam puan ortalamasının Young İnternet Bağımlılığı Testi-Kısa Formu için 24.51±9.72, Buss-Perry Saldırganlık Ölçeği için 74.61±26.38 ve Çocuklar için Durumluk Kaygı Envanteri için 36.70±6.37 olduğu belirlendi. Öğrencilerin Young İnternet Bağımlılığı Testi-Kısa Formu puanları ile sırasıyla Buss-Perry Saldırganlık Ölçeği ve Çocuklar için Durumluk Kaygı Envanteri puanları arasında pozitif bir korelasyon olduğu saptandı (p<0.05).
Sonuç: Sonuç olarak öğrencilerde internet bağımlılığı puanlarındaki artışın saldırganlık ve kaygı puanlarındaki artış ile ilişkili olduğu saptandı.

Keywords

Adölesan, İnternet Bağımlılığı, Kaygı, Saldırganlık

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