Efficacy of Technology Addiction Awareness Training Given to High School Students: Randomized Controlled Experimental Study

Derya Yanık; Rukiye Arslan

doi:10.26466/opusjsr.1278107

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Lise Öğrencilerine Verilen Teknoloji Bağımlılığı Farkındalık Eğitiminin Etkinliğinin Değerlendirilmesi: Randomize Kontrollü Deneysel Araştırma

Öz

Bu araştırmada; lise öğrencilerine verilen Teknoloji Bağımlılığı Farkındalık Eğitiminin etkinliğinin değerlendirilmesi amaçlandı. Bu araştırma, randomize kontrollü deneysel bir araştırma olarak Türkiye’nin Güneydoğusunda bulunan bir ilde Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğüne bağlı iki farklı lisede gerçekleştirildi. Araştırma toplam 54 (28 kontrol, 26 deney) öğrenci ile tamamlandı. Araştırmada veri toplama formu olarak; Sosyodemografik Bilgi Formu ve Young İnternet Bağımlılığı Testi Kısa Formu kullanıldı. Deney grubunda bulunan öğrencilere 5 hafta boyunca Teknoloji Bağımlılığı Farkındalık Eğitimi verildi, kontrol grubunda bulunan öğrencilere ise herhangi bir müdahale yapılmadı. Eğitimler grup eğitimi olarak gerçekleştirildi. Araştırma verilerinin analizinde; sayı, yüzde, ortalama, standart sapma gibi tanımlayıcı istatistikler ile bağımlı ve bağımsız gruplarda t testi analizleri kullanıldı. Deney grubunda bulunan lise öğrencilerinin Young İnternet Bağımlılığı Testi Kısa Formu son test puan ortalamasının ön teste oranla azaldığı belirlendi. Sonuç olarak Teknoloji Bağımlılığı Farkındalık Eğitiminin lise öğrencilerinde teknoloji bağımlılığını azaltmada etkili ve kullanılabilir bir müdahale olduğu söylenebilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Ergenlik , Teknoloji Bağımlılığı , Psikoeğitim.

Efficacy of Technology Addiction Awareness Training Given to High School Students: Randomized Controlled Experimental Study

Abstract

It was aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Technology Addiction Awareness Training given to high school students in this study. This study was conducted in two different high schools of National Education Directorate of a province in the Southeastern Region of Turkiye as a randomized controlled experimental study. The research was finalized with 54 students (28 control, 26 Experimental). As data collection tools, Socio-demographic Information Form and Young Internet Addiction Test Short Form were used in the research. The students in the experimental group were given Technology Addiction Awareness Training for 5 weeks, but no intervention was made to the students in control group. The trainings were carried out as group education. Descriptive statistics such as number, percentage, mean, standard deviation were used in the analyses of data, and t test was used in dependent and independent groups After the Technology Addiction Awareness Training of the high school students in the experimental group, it was determined that the Young Internet Addiction Test Short Form post-test score average decreased compared to the pre-test. As a result, it is possible to say that Technology Addiction Awareness Training can be an effective and useable intervention in reducing technology addiction in high school students.

Keywords

Adolescence , Technology Addiction , Pyscho-education

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Communication Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Derya Yanık ^*
0000-0001-8004-6786
Türkiye

Rukiye Arslan
0000-0002-2043-5664
Türkiye

Early Pub Date

July 31, 2023

Publication Date

July 31, 2023

Submission Date

April 6, 2023

Acceptance Date

June 19, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 20 Number: 54

DOI

https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1278107

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https://izlik.org/JA43GZ56HE

APA

Yanık, D., & Arslan, R. (2023). Efficacy of Technology Addiction Awareness Training Given to High School Students: Randomized Controlled Experimental Study. OPUS Journal of Society Research, 20(54), 518-528. https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1278107

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