The concept of internet
addiction refers to the excessive use of internet which in turn causes various
problems in individual, social and professional aspects. The aim of this study
is to determine the relationship between depression and internet addiction in
terms of grades, sex, the existence of internet connection at home and time
spent on internet. The study used survey model. The study group consisted of
369 adolescents from three high schools of different socio-economic background.
Data was collected by means of “Personal Information Form”, “Internet Addiction
Scale” and “Beck Depression Inventory”. Arithmetic mean, standard deviation,
independent sampling t test, ANOVA and Scheffe tests were performed on
collected data. The results of the study show that the internet addiction and
depression scores of the adolescents are low and the internet addiction levels
of ninth and tenth grade students with compared to the eleventh grade ones; of males
with compared to females; of those having computer at home with compared to the
ones having no internet at home and of the ones spending much more time on
internet with compared to those spending less time have been found to be
higher. No significant difference has been found between depression and internet
addiction.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Studies on Education |
Journal Section | Research Articles |
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Publication Date | December 1, 2014 |
Acceptance Date | August 6, 2014 |
Published in Issue | Year 2014 Volume: 1 Issue: 2 |