Research Article

Examination of the Predictive Effect of Attachment Styles and Loneliness Levels on Internet Addiction of University Students

Volume: 13 Number: 2 April 16, 2024
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Examination of the Predictive Effect of Attachment Styles and Loneliness Levels on Internet Addiction of University Students

Abstract

the study aims to examine the predictive effects of attachment styles and loneliness levels of male university students on internet addiction. The study was conducted with male students attending universities in Konya, and 354 male students (61.6% associate degree, 38.4% undergraduate) attending universities in Konya who wanted to participate in the study were included. Research data were collected with a general information form, Young internet addiction scale, three-dimensional attachment scale, and UCLA loneliness scale. The data obtained in the research were analyzed using the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) program. According to the research results, there is a positive and low level relationship (p<0.01) between the loneliness levels of the university students participating in the study and internet addiction (r=.275) and avoidant attachment (r=.329), and there is a positive and low relationship between anxious-ambivalent attachment (r=. While there was a positive and moderately significant relationship (p<0.01) between loneliness and secure attachment (r=-.338), a negative and moderately significant relationship (p<0.01) was found. While there was a positive and low-level significant relationship between internet addiction and avoidant attachment (r=.277) and anxious-ambivalent attachment (r=.301) of the students participating in the study (p<0.01), there was a positive and low-level significant relationship between internet addiction and secure attachment (r=. .241) found a negative and low-level significant relationship (p<0.01). Research results revealed that university students' attachment styles and loneliness levels had a predictive effect on internet addiction. Depending on the results, future studies can be conducted on university students with different demographic and cultural characteristics, single sibling and multiple siblings based on loneliness, and family structures with different attachment patterns.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Child Development Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

April 16, 2024

Publication Date

April 16, 2024

Submission Date

October 22, 2023

Acceptance Date

March 4, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 13 Number: 2

APA
Arslan Kılıçoğlu, E., & Aral, N. (2024). Examination of the Predictive Effect of Attachment Styles and Loneliness Levels on Internet Addiction of University Students. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education, 13(2), 396-409. https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.1379767
AMA
1.Arslan Kılıçoğlu E, Aral N. Examination of the Predictive Effect of Attachment Styles and Loneliness Levels on Internet Addiction of University Students. BUEFAD. 2024;13(2):396-409. doi:10.14686/buefad.1379767
Chicago
Arslan Kılıçoğlu, Emine, and Neriman Aral. 2024. “Examination of the Predictive Effect of Attachment Styles and Loneliness Levels on Internet Addiction of University Students”. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education 13 (2): 396-409. https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.1379767.
EndNote
Arslan Kılıçoğlu E, Aral N (April 1, 2024) Examination of the Predictive Effect of Attachment Styles and Loneliness Levels on Internet Addiction of University Students. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education 13 2 396–409.
IEEE
[1]E. Arslan Kılıçoğlu and N. Aral, “Examination of the Predictive Effect of Attachment Styles and Loneliness Levels on Internet Addiction of University Students”, BUEFAD, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 396–409, Apr. 2024, doi: 10.14686/buefad.1379767.
ISNAD
Arslan Kılıçoğlu, Emine - Aral, Neriman. “Examination of the Predictive Effect of Attachment Styles and Loneliness Levels on Internet Addiction of University Students”. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education 13/2 (April 1, 2024): 396-409. https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.1379767.
JAMA
1.Arslan Kılıçoğlu E, Aral N. Examination of the Predictive Effect of Attachment Styles and Loneliness Levels on Internet Addiction of University Students. BUEFAD. 2024;13:396–409.
MLA
Arslan Kılıçoğlu, Emine, and Neriman Aral. “Examination of the Predictive Effect of Attachment Styles and Loneliness Levels on Internet Addiction of University Students”. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education, vol. 13, no. 2, Apr. 2024, pp. 396-09, doi:10.14686/buefad.1379767.
Vancouver
1.Emine Arslan Kılıçoğlu, Neriman Aral. Examination of the Predictive Effect of Attachment Styles and Loneliness Levels on Internet Addiction of University Students. BUEFAD. 2024 Apr. 1;13(2):396-409. doi:10.14686/buefad.1379767

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