Üniversite Öğrencilerinin İnternet Bağımlılığı Düzeyleri ile Akıllı Telefon Kullanma Alışkanlıkları Arasındaki İlişkilerin İncelenmesi

Öz

Üniversite öğrencilerinin internet bağımlığı düzeylerinin ve internet bağımlılığı ile akıllı telefon kullanımları arasındaki ilişkilerin incelendiği bu çalışmada veriler anket aracılığı ile toplanmıştır. Çalışmanın katılımcıları İstanbul’da bulunan bir devlet üniversitesinin Eğitim Fakültesi öğrencilerinden oluşmaktadır. Çalışma sonuçları incelendiğinde katılımcıların %43’ünün internete bağımlı olmayan grupta bulunduğu halde, %26.8’inin bağımlı grupta, %30’unun ise risk grubunda olduğu görülmüştür. Ayrıca, öğrencilerin internet bağımlılığı skorlarının cinsiyete ve akıllı telefon kontrol etme sıklıklarına göre değiştiği görülmüştür. İnternet bağımlılığı skorları ile günlük akıllı telefon kullanım süreleri arasında da anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmuştur. İnternet bağımlılığı ve akıllı telefon kullanımı arasındaki ilişkileri ortaya koyan bu çalışma sonuçları her iki bağımlılık türü konusunda ne tür önlemler alınması gerektiği konusunda yol gösterici olacaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• internet bağımlılığı,üniversite öğrencileri,cinsiyet,akıllı telefon kullanımı,nomofobi

The Relations between University Students’ Internet Addiction and Smart Phone Usage Habits

Abstract

A survey research was conducted to determine university students’ internet addiction levels and how it is associated to the students’ daily smartphone usage habits. The participants of the study involved 298 undergraduate students at Faculty of Education in a state university in İstanbul, Turkey. The study results indicated that though most of the participant students (%43) belong to non-addicted group, 26.8% of the students were addicted to the Internet and there were 90 risky students (%30), who have potential to be addicted to the Internet. The results indicated that the university students’ internet addiction scores significantly differed with respect to the frequency of their daily mobile phone checking and gender as male students have higher internet addiction scores than females. Furthermore, there were positive correlations between university students’ internet addiction scores and their daily smart phone usage in hours. The results of the study would provide some clues for the related governmental organizations about how to deal with both problemed internet and smart phone usage by taking some preventive and corrective actions.

Keywords

• internet addiction,university students,gender,smart phone usage,nomophobia

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