Research Article

Investigation of internet addiction and personality relationship among university students

Volume: 3 Number: 4 December 15, 2017
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Investigation of internet addiction and personality relationship among university students

Abstract

Aim: In this study, it was aimed to examine to internet addiction and personality relation among university students.

Material and Methods: Totally 527 students, studying at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart university participated to this study as a volunteer. Internet addiction scale and Eysenck personality scale were used to collect data. Kruskal Wallis was used to investigate differences between groups and Pearson Correlation was also used to investigate the relation between variables in SPSS. Findings were accepted at p<0.05 level.

Results: Total internet addiction scores of participants were 26.85±14.41 point, %94 of them were average internet user. It was determined that they are mostly connected the internet from the mobile phone (%58), 5.8±1.8 days a week and 4.7±3.0 hours a day, and that they mostly use social network and chat sites (%30). There were statistical differences between departments (p<0.05). The internet addiction score of students of Faculty of Science and Literature, School of Health and Theology was significantly lower than other sections. internet addiction scores were higher in males (p<0.05). In terms of personality characteristics of participants, it was found that they had a higher score (3.9±1.8) in the "Outward Turnover". It was determined that there is a statistically positive relationship between internet addiction score and Neurotism, Psychotism but the negative relationship with the "Lie" personality sub-dimensions.

Conclusion: Internet dependency score was found low in this study. Although this is a desirable situation, it would be useful to ensure participation of students in the recreational activities to protect this situation.    

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Sports Medicine

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Fatih Özgen This is me
ÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye

Özhan Bavlı *
ÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 15, 2017

Submission Date

June 30, 2017

Acceptance Date

October 10, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 3 Number: 4

APA
Özgen, F., & Bavlı, Ö. (2017). Investigation of internet addiction and personality relationship among university students. International Journal of Sport Exercise and Training Sciences - IJSETS, 3(4), 129-141. https://doi.org/10.18826/useeabd.324876
AMA
1.Özgen F, Bavlı Ö. Investigation of internet addiction and personality relationship among university students. Int J Sport, Exerc & Train Sci. 2017;3(4):129-141. doi:10.18826/useeabd.324876
Chicago
Özgen, Fatih, and Özhan Bavlı. 2017. “Investigation of Internet Addiction and Personality Relationship Among University Students”. International Journal of Sport Exercise and Training Sciences - IJSETS 3 (4): 129-41. https://doi.org/10.18826/useeabd.324876.
EndNote
Özgen F, Bavlı Ö (December 1, 2017) Investigation of internet addiction and personality relationship among university students. International Journal of Sport Exercise and Training Sciences - IJSETS 3 4 129–141.
IEEE
[1]F. Özgen and Ö. Bavlı, “Investigation of internet addiction and personality relationship among university students”, Int J Sport, Exerc & Train Sci, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 129–141, Dec. 2017, doi: 10.18826/useeabd.324876.
ISNAD
Özgen, Fatih - Bavlı, Özhan. “Investigation of Internet Addiction and Personality Relationship Among University Students”. International Journal of Sport Exercise and Training Sciences - IJSETS 3/4 (December 1, 2017): 129-141. https://doi.org/10.18826/useeabd.324876.
JAMA
1.Özgen F, Bavlı Ö. Investigation of internet addiction and personality relationship among university students. Int J Sport, Exerc & Train Sci. 2017;3:129–141.
MLA
Özgen, Fatih, and Özhan Bavlı. “Investigation of Internet Addiction and Personality Relationship Among University Students”. International Journal of Sport Exercise and Training Sciences - IJSETS, vol. 3, no. 4, Dec. 2017, pp. 129-41, doi:10.18826/useeabd.324876.
Vancouver
1.Fatih Özgen, Özhan Bavlı. Investigation of internet addiction and personality relationship among university students. Int J Sport, Exerc & Train Sci. 2017 Dec. 1;3(4):129-41. doi:10.18826/useeabd.324876

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