The mediating role of social media addiction between school burnout and the perception of loneliness: In a sample of university students

Abstract

The aim of the research; To examine the relationships between school burnout, social media addictions and loneliness perceptions of university students in Turkey. While the dependent variable of the study is the perception of loneliness, the independent variables are school burnout and social media addiction. For the realization of the aims of the study; Attitudes of university students were measured by demographic information form, UCLA loneliness scale, Bergen social media addiction scale and Maslach burnout inventory-student form. The universe of this study consists of students studying at universities. In the study, data were collected randomly by easy sampling method. Participants consisted of a total of 351 individuals, 151 (43%) women and 200 (57%) men. Data were analyzed with Pearson product moment correlation, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. After the analyses, positive and significant correlations were observed between all the variables. In addition, it was concluded that social media addiction mediated between school burnout and loneliness. The results are discussed in the light of the relevant literature.

Keywords

• School burnout
• social media
• loneliness
• addiction

Üniversite öğrencileri örnekleminde; okul tükenmişliği ile yalnızlık algısı arasında sosyal medya bağımlılığının aracı rolü

Abstract

Araştırmanın amacı; Türkiye’de öğrenim gören üniversite öğrencilerinin okul tükenmişlikleri, sosyal medya bağımlılıkları ve yalnızlık düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkileri incelemektir. Çalışmanın bağımlı değişkeni okul tükenmişlik düzeyi iken bağımsız değişkenleri yalnızlık düzeyi ve sosyal medya bağımlılığıdır. Çalışmanın amaçlarının gerçekleştirilmesi için; demografik bilgi formu, UCLA yalnızlık ölçeği, Bergen sosyal medya bağımlılığı ölçeği ve Maslach tükenmişlik envanteri-öğrenci formu aracılığı ile üniversite öğrencilerinin tutumları ölçülmüştür. Bu çalışmanın evrenini üniversitelerde öğrenim gören öğrenciler oluşturmaktadır. Çalışmada veriler kolay örneklem yöntemi ile rastgele toplanmıştır. Katılımcılar 151(% 43) kadın, 200 (% 57) erkek olmak üzere toplam 351bireyden oluşmaktadır. Veriler Pearson moment çarpım korelasyonu, doğrulayıcı faktör analizi ve yapısal eşitlik modeli ile analiz edilmiştir. Yapılan analizler sonrasında bütün değişkenler arasında pozitif yönde anlamlı korelatif ilişkiler gözlenmiştir. Ayrıca okul tükenmişliği ile yalnızlık arasında sosyal medya bağımlılığının aracılık ettiği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Sonuçlar ilgili literatür ışığında tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

• okul tükenmişliği
• sosyal medya
• yalnızlık
• bağımlılık

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