Investigation of University Students' Internet Addiction in Terms of Several Variables (Inonu University Sample)
Abstract
Internet has spread to every area of our lives with the progress of technology and ceased to be a privileged service that can be accessed only with computers and in internet cafes. The widespread use of the internet also brings about many problems. Internet addiction is caused to occur depends on failure to set the time spent at the computer and individual's inability to control him/herself on using the internet. Internet addicted individuals confront with the problems such as psychological, social and academically as well as physical problems. In this study, the prevalence of internet addiction among college students and differentiation conditions of internet addictions according to several variables was analyzed.Statistical analysis of the data obtained via Internet Addiction Scale Kruskal Wallis H- test and Mann Whitney U-test were used. At the end of the study, the majority of students’ internet addiction level was found to be “low” level. While significant differences were observed in the internet addiction levels of students according to the gender, perception of academic achievement, course attendance, daily internet usage time, places connected to the internet, connect to the internet by phone, whereas no significant differences observed according to the type of education and income level of families.
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