Internet Addiction in High School Students in Turkey and Multivariate Analyses of the Underlying Factors

Kılıç M., Avci D., Uzunçakmak T.

JOURNAL OF ADDICTIONS NURSING, cilt.27, sa.1, ss.39-46, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 27 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1097/jan.0000000000000110
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ADDICTIONS NURSING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.39-46
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: social support, adolescents, Internet addiction, interpersonal skills, ADOLESCENTS, PREVALENCE, DETERMINANTS, EXPERIENCE, RISK
  • Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of this study is to examine the Internet addiction among adolescents in relation to their sociodemographic characteristics, communication skills, and perceived familial social support. This cross-sectional research is conducted in the high schools in some city centers, in Turkey, in 2013. In this study, cluster sampling was used. In each school, a class for each grade level was randomly selected, and all the students in the selected classes were included in the sample. One thousand seven hundred forty-two students aged between 14 and 20 years were included in the sample.