İhtiyaç Doyumu, Yaşam Amaçları ve İnternet Bağımlılığı Arasındaki İlişkide Öz-Kontrol ve Amaçlar için Mücadelenin Aracı Rolü

Year 2022, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 130 - 139, 22.06.2022

Sena Güme , Ali Eryılmaz

https://doi.org/10.35365/ctjpp.22.2.02

Abstract

Bu araştırmada, üniversite öğrencilerinin ihtiyaç doyumu ve yaşam amaçları ile internet bağımlılığı arasındaki ilişkide, öz-kontrol ve amaçlarla mücadelenin aracılık rolü incelenmiştir. Araştırmaya, 320 üniversite öğrencisi (274 kadın ve 46 erkek) katılmıştır. Araştırmada, “İhtiyaç Doyumu Ölçeği”, “Pozitif Psikoterapi Bağlamında Yaşam Amaçları Belirleme Ölçeği”, “Kısa Öz-Kontrol Ölçeği”, “Amaçlar İçin Mücadele Ölçeği”, “İnternet Bağımlılığı Testi” ve “Kişisel Bilgi Formu” kullanılmıştır. Öngörülen modeli test etmek için yapısal eşitlik modeli ve bootstrapping kullanılmıştır. Yapısal eşitlik modeli sonucunda ihtiyaç doyumu ile internet bağımlılığı arasında öz-kontrol ve amaçlarla mücadelenin tam aracılık, yine yaşam amaçları ile internet bağımlılığı arasında öz-kontrol ve amaçlarla mücadelenin tam aracılık etkisi olduğu bulunmuştur. Araştırmanın bulguları, alanyazın ve araştırmalar ışığında tartışılarak öneriler sunulmuştur.

Keywords

İnternet Bağımlılığı, Yaşam Amaçları, Öz-Kontrol, İhtiyaç Doyumu, Amaçlar İçin Mücadele

The Mediating Role of Self-Control and Goal Striving in the Relationship Between Need Satisfaction, Life Goals and Internet Addiction

Abstract

This study examined the mediating role of self-control and goal striving in the relationship between need satisfaction, life goals and Internet addiction. A total number of 320 university students participated in this cross-sectional study. Participants completed the Need Satisfaction Scale, The Scale of Setting Life Goals with Respect to Positive Psychotherapy, Brief Self-Control Scale, Goal Striving Scale, Internet Addiction Test and Personal Information Form. Structural equation modeling and bootstrapping were used to test the hypothesized model. Structural equation modeling results provide evidence for indirect effects of need satisfaction on Internet addiction fully mediated by self-control and goal striving. Besides, goal striving and self-control fully mediated the relationship between life goals and Internet addiction. The findings emphasized the role of self-control and goal striving in explaining the relationship between life goals, need satisfaction and Internet addiction. The findings of the research were discussed in the light of the literature and research, and suggestions were presented.

Keywords

Internet addiction, Life goals, Self-control, Need satisfaction, Goal striving

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