Internet addiction among vocational students in Çanakkale; Example of Biga Vocational School<p>Çanakkale’de meslek yüksekokulu öğrencileri arasında internet bağımlılığı; Biga Meslek Yüksekokulu örneği
Journal Title: Journal of Human Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 15, Issue 1
Abstract
Internet addiction is an important problem especially for the younger generation in today's technology. This study is to investigate internet addiction among vocational students in Çanakkale. Without using the sample selection, 266 students, who were at school at the time of the study and agreed to participate in the study, were included in the study. The data were collected by using the Form of Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Internet Addiction Test. 68.8% of the students connected to the internet via their mobile phones. 69.6% of them use the internet every day. They connected to the internet for averagely 8.2±7.2 hours. 54.5% of the students were normal internet users, 42.1% were risky internet users and 3.4% were internet addicted.Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file.Özetİnternet bağımlılığı, günümüz teknolojisinde özellikle genç nesil için önemli bir sorundur. Bu araştırmada Çanakkale'de bir meslek yüksekokulu öğrencilerinin internet bağımlılığı durumu incelenmiştir. Örneklem seçimine gidilmeden, araştırmaya katılmayı kabul eden 266 öğrenci çalışma kapsamına alınmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin toplanmasında sosyo-demografik özellikler formu ve internet bağımlılık ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Öğrencilerin %68,8’i internete cep telefonlarından bağlanmaktadırlar. Öğrencilerin %69,6'sının interneti her gün kullandığı görülmektedir. Günde ortalama 8,2±7,2 saat internet kullanmaktadırlar. Öğrencilerin %54,5'inin normal internet kullanıcısı, %42.1'inin riskli internet kullanıcısı, %3.4 ünün ise bağımlı internet kullanıcısı olduğu saptanmıştır.
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Ayten Dinç, Ayşin Aşkın
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