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ERIC Number: EJ1142241
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 7
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ISSN: EISSN-1309-0348
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Examining the Level of Internet Addiction of Adolescents in Terms of Various Variables
Ayaz, Mehmet Fatih; Karatas, Kasim
World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, v8 n3 p238-244 2016
The aim of the research is to examine the internet addiction of adolescents according to their genders, the type of their high-schools and class level, the time interval that they use internet most widely, their internet usage duration and usage purpose. For that, it is studied with 335 high-school students in Elazig city of Turkey in 2015. The internet addiction scale that Young (1998) developed was used to determine internet addiction of adolescents. In the analysis of data, t-test and unilateral variance analysis were used. At the result of analysis, the mean score of that adolescents got by internet addiction scale was determined as [x-bar] = 2,69. In analysis between variables it was seen that the internet addiction level of Science-High School students was lower compared to Anatolian and Vocational High-School students. It was observed that the more the usage duration increases the more the internet addiction increases. It was determined the students who use internet mostly for games or social media are more addicted. Besides; as statistical, a significant difference wasn't determined between genders, classes and the variables that internet is mostly used.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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