The Relationship Between Technology Addiction and Psychological Well-Being in University Students: Is Self-Handicapping a Mediator?
Year 2024,
Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 48 - 56, 20.08.2024
Türkan Peşkirci
,
Esra Uslu
Abstract
This study examines the mediating role of self-handicapping in the relationship between technology addiction and psychological well-being in university students. 162 university students participated in this study, which was organized in accordance with the relational screening model, between April and June 2023.Technology Addiction Scale, Psychological Well-Being Scale and Self-Handicapping Scale were used. AMOS program was used to evaluate the mediating effect in the study. The study showed that technology addiction reduces psychological well-being and increases self-handicapping tendency and that higher self-handicapping tendency leads to decreased psychological well-being in university students. When the mediating effect was examined, self-handicapping was a full mediator in the balance between technology addiction and psychological well-being (β:-0.216; p<0.001). Accordingly, increasing technology addiction increases self-handicapping tendency, and increasing self-handicapping tendency reduces psychological well-being. Based on these results, it is recommended that health professionals encourage the correct use of technology to improve the psychological well-being of university students and plan awareness interventions to reduce self-handicapping tendencies.
Ethical Statement
Ethics committee approval for this study, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Retrieved from the Non-invasive Ethics Committee (Date: 13.04.2023 and Decision No: E-25403353-050.99-2300076327). It should be declared that in the preparation process of this study, scientific and ethical principles, research principles in the Declaration of Helsinki were adhered to, and all the studies used were mentioned in the bibliography.
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Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Teknoloji Bağımlılığı ve Psikolojik İyi Oluş Arasındaki İlişki: Kendini Sabotaj Aracı Mıdır?
Year 2024,
Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 48 - 56, 20.08.2024
Türkan Peşkirci
,
Esra Uslu
Abstract
Bu çalışmanın amacı, üniversite öğrencilerinde teknoloji bağımlılığı ve psikolojik iyi oluş arasındaki ilişkide kendini sabotajın aracılık rolünü incelemektir. İlişkisel tarama modeline uygun olarak düzenlenen bu çalışmaya Nisan-Haziran 2023 tarihleri arasında 162 üniversite öğrencisi katılmıştır. Teknoloji Bağımlılığı Ölçeği, Psikolojik İyi Oluş Ölçeği ve Kendini Sabotaj Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada aracılık etkisinin değerlendirilmesi amacıyla AMOS programı kullanılmıştır. Çalışma, teknoloji bağımlılığının üniversite öğrencilerinde psikolojik iyi oluşu azalttığını ve kendini sabote etme eğilimini artırdığını, kendini sabote etme eğiliminin yüksek olmasının ise psikolojik iyi oluşun azalmasına yol açtığını göstermiştir. Aracılık etkisi incelendiğinde, teknoloji bağımlılığı ile psikolojik iyi oluş arasındaki dengede kendini sabotajın tam aracılık yaptığı görülmektedir (β:-0,216; p<0,001). Buna göre teknoloji bağımlılığının artması kendini sabote etme eğilimini artırmakta, kendini sabote etme eğiliminin artması ise psikolojik iyi oluşu azaltmaktadır. Bu sonuçlar doğrultusunda sağlık profesyonelleri tarafından üniversite öğrencilerinde psikolojik iyi oluşu arttırmak için teknolojinin doğru kullanımının teşvik edilmesi ve kendini sabotaj eğilimini azaltacak farkındalık müdahalelerinin planlanması önerilmektedir.
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