An Analysis of the Relationship Between Internet Addiction and Depression Levels of High School Students

Cengiz ŞAHİN

doi:https://doi.org/10.17275/per.14.10.1.2

Makale detayları

An Analysis of the Relationship Between Internet Addiction and Depression Levels of High School Students

Yazarlar:

Cengiz ŞAHİN

Yayıncı:

Özgen KORKMAZ

Ana Başlıklar:

Eğitim

Dergi:

Participatory Educational Research 2014 Vol.1 Issue 2, pp.53-67

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

11/2014

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000773836

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

pISSN:

2148-6123

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17275/per.14.10.1.2

Özet:

 


The concept of internet
addiction refers to the excessive use of internet which in turn causes various
problems in individual, social and professional aspects. The aim of this study
is to determine the relationship between depression and internet addiction in
terms of grades, sex, the existence of internet connection at home and time
spent on internet. The study used survey model. The study group consisted of
369 adolescents from three high schools of different socio-economic background.
Data was collected by means of “Personal Information Form”, “Internet Addiction
Scale” and “Beck Depression Inventory”. Arithmetic mean, standard deviation,
independent sampling t test, ANOVA and Scheffe tests were performed on
collected data. The results of the study show that the internet addiction and
depression scores of the adolescents are low and the internet addiction levels
of ninth and tenth grade students with compared to the eleventh grade ones; of males
with compared to females; of those having computer at home with compared to the
ones having no internet at home and of the ones spending much more time on
internet with compared to those spending less time have been found to be
higher. No significant difference has been found between depression and internet
addiction. 


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Makale detayları

An Analysis of the Relationship Between Internet Addiction and Depression Levels of High School Students

Yazarlar: Cengiz ŞAHİN

Yayıncı: Özgen KORKMAZ

Ana Başlıklar: Eğitim

Dergi: Participatory Educational Research 2014 Vol.1 Issue 2, pp.53-67

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 11/2014

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000773836

Sıklık: İki Aylık

pISSN: 2148-6123

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17275/per.14.10.1.2

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Cengiz ŞAHİN

Yayıncı:

Özgen KORKMAZ

Ana Başlıklar:

Eğitim

Dergi:

Participatory Educational Research 2014 Vol.1 Issue 2, pp.53-67

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

11/2014

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000773836

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

pISSN:

2148-6123

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17275/per.14.10.1.2