COVİD-19 PANDEMİSİ SÜRECİNDE TÜRK KADINLARINDA SOSYAL MEDYA BAĞIMLILIĞI VE EVLİLİK UYUMU ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 3, 287 - 300, 30.09.2025

Sena Kaplan , İlknur Gönenç , Özlem Seymen

https://doi.org/10.52369/togusagbilderg.1673626

Öz

Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı COVID-19 salgını sırasında Türk kadınlarında evlilik uyumu ile sosyal medya bağımlılığı arasındaki ilişkiyi araştırmaktır.
Yöntem: Araştırma tanımlayıcı tipte, 480 kadın ile yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın verileri sosyo-demografik özellikler formu, Evlilik Uyum Ölçeği ve Sosyal Medya Bağımlılık Ölçeği-Yetişkin Formu (SMAS-AF) kullanılarak çevrimiçi olarak toplanmıştır.
Bulgular: Katılımcılar pandemi öncesine göre sosyal medyayı daha fazla kullandıklarını belirtmişlerdir (p< .001). Ancak yüksek SMAS-AF puanlarına sahip değillerdir. Sonuçlar, pandeminin evlilik uyum düzeylerini etkilemediğini göstermektedir. (p> .05). Pandemi sırasında COVID-19 korkusu ile evlilik uyumu arasında negatif bir ilişki vardır (p< .05). Ayrıca evlilik uyumu ile sosyal medya bağımlılığı arasında anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmamıştır (p> .05).
Sonuç: Pandemiden bu yana kadınlar sosyal medyayı daha fazla kullanıyor olsalar da evlilik uyumlarını olumsuz etkilememiştir. Üstelik COVID-19 korkusu, evlilik uyumunu pandemiden daha fazla etkilemiştir. Sosyal medyanın bilinçli kullanımı evlilik uyumunu etkilemeyebilir hatta destekleyebilir. Bu nedenle yetkililer, çiftleri sosyal medya kullanımı konusunda bilinçlendirmeli ve COVID-19 korkularını yenmelerine yardımcı olmak için onlara profesyonel ve toplum temelli kriz odaklı psikolojik hizmetler sağlamalıdır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

COVID-19 , Kadın , Evlilik Uyumu , Pandemi , Sosyal Medya Bağımlılığı

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION AND MARITAL ADJUSTMENT IN TURKISH WOMEN DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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Aim: This study explored the association between marital adjustment and social media addiction among Turkish women during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Method: This descriptive study included a sample of 480 women. Data were collected online using a socio-demographic characteristics questionnaire, the Marital Adjustment Test (MAT), and the Social Media Addiction Scale-Adult Form (SMAS-AF).
Results: Participants reported increased social media usage during the pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic period (p < .001), although their SMAS-AF scores were not high. The findings indicated that marital adjustment levels were not significantly impacted by the pandemic (p > .05). A negative correlation was observed between fear of COVID-19 and marital adjustment during the pandemic (p < .05). However, no significant relationship was found between marital adjustment and social media addiction (p > .05).
Conclusion: While social media usage increased during the pandemic, it did not adversely affect marital adjustment. Fear of COVID-19 appeared to have a greater influence on marital adjustment than the pandemic itself. Promoting the mindful use of social media could potentially support marital harmony. Therefore, authorities should focus on raising awareness about social media use and offering professional, community-based psychological support to help couples manage their fear of COVID-19.

Anahtar Kelimeler

COVID-19 , Female , Marital Adjustment , Pandemic , Social Media Addiction

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