tebd Türk Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 2459-1912 Gazi Üniversitesi 10.37217/tebd.1712563 Psychological Counseling and Guidance (Other) Teacher and Student Wellbeing Rehberlik ve Psikolojik Danışmanlık (Diğer) Öğretmen ve Öğrenci Refahı The Mediating Role of Doomscrolling in the Relationship Among Fear of Happiness and Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in University Students Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Mutluluk Korkusu ile Depresyon, Anksiyete ve Stres Arasındaki İlişkide Felaket Kaydırmasının Aracı Rolü https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0788-2866 Öztürk Ayşe Sena NECMETTİN ERBAKAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5594-0786 Seki Tolga NECMETTIN ERBAKAN UNIVERSITY Advanced Online Publication 275 294 06 02 2025 01 21 2026 Copyright © 2003, Türk Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 2003 Türk Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi

The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating role of doomscrolling in the relationship among fear of happiness and depression, anxiety, and stress among university students. From different universities in Türkiye, 437 university students participated in the study. The research data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Fear of Happiness Scale, Doomscrolling Scale, and Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale. The research data were analyzed using skewness and kurtosis analysis, internal consistency analysis, correlation analysis, and mediation test. Among the participants, 42.1% reported a daily internet use duration of 5-7 hours and the rate of those who checked their social media accounts more than five times a day was 34.4%. The study found that fear of happiness positive predicted the level of doomscrolling and doomscrolling positive predicted individuals' levels of depression, anxiety and stress. The study revealed that fear of happiness significantly predicted depression, anxiety and stress levels and that some of this effect was indirectly realized through doomscrolling. In addition, fear of happiness and doomscrolling explain 21% of depression, 19% of anxiety and 17% of stress in individuals.

Bu araştırmanın amacı üniversite öğrencilerinde mutluluk korkusu ile depresyon, anksiyete ve stres arasındaki ilişkide felaket kaydırmasının aracı rolünü incelemektir. Araştırmaya Türkiye’nin farklı üniversitelerinde öğrenim görmekte olan 437 üniversite öğrencisi katılmıştır. Araştırma verileri, Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Mutluluk Korkusu Ölçeği, Felaket Kaydırması Ölçeği ve Depresyon, Anksiyete, Stres Ölçeği ile toplanmıştır. Araştırma verileri çarpıklık ve basıklık analizi, iç tutarlık analizi, korelasyon analizi ve aracılık testi kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmaya katılan bireylerin %42,1’i günlük internet kullanma süresini 5-7 saat olarak belirtmiştir ve sosyal medya hesaplarını günde beş defadan fazla kontrol edenlerin oranı %34,4'tür. Araştırmada mutluluk korkusunun felaket kaydırma düzeyini pozitif yordadığı; felaket kaydırmanın da bireylerin depresyon, anksiyete ve stres düzeylerini pozitif yordadığı bulunmuştur. Araştırma, mutluluk korkusunun depresyon, anksiyete ve stres düzeyini hem doğrudan hem de felaket kaydırma aracılığıyla yordadığını ortaya koymuştur. Ayrıca mutluluk korkusu ve felaket kaydırması bireylerin sahip olduğu depresyonu %21, anksiyeteyi %19 ve stresi %17 düzeyinde açıklamaktadır.

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