Investigating the Association Between Internet Addiction, Depression, Social Phobia, Social Anxiety and Psychiatric Disorders Among Secondary Education Students in Turkey
Yazarlar (5)
Doç. Dr. Eren YILDIZ Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Zeynep Savaş Şen Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity And Children's Health And Diseases Training And Research Hospital, Türkiye
Selim Günüç Izmir Bakircay University, Türkiye
Bülent Alioğlu
University of Health Sciences, Türkiye
Öğr. Gör. Arzu Yılmaz University of Health Sciences, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (ESCI dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Guncel Pediatri
Dergi ISSN 1304-9054 Dergi Bilgileri (2022)
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, EBSCO
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 08-2022
Kabul Tarihi Yayınlanma Tarihi 01-08-2022
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 20 / 2 / 181–187 DOI 10.4274/JCP.2022.33716
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/jcp.2022.33716
UAK Araştırma Alanları
Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları (Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları)
Özet
Materials and Methods:A total of 297 students aged 9-14 years and studying at a private school in Gölbaşı/Ankara province were included in the study. The study was conducted between November 2015 and May 2016. The student’s depression inventory; social phobia scale for student and adolescents; social anxiety scale for student-revised and strength and difficulties questionnaire were used as data collection tools. According to the Internet dependency scale, student were classified into 4 groups as non-addicted group, threshold group, risk group and addicted group.Results:According to the Internet dependency scale, the majority (258/86.9%) of the students were not Internet addicts. Twenty seven (9.1%) students were in the threshold group and 12 (4%) student were in the risk group. Compared with the depressed mood, the likelihood of having depression in the risk group was higher (p= 0.001). The risk group and the threshold group had higher social phobia and social anxiety scores at a statistically significant level than the non-dependent group (p≤ 0.05).Conclusion:Internet use is an indispensable element for the lives of generation-Z student. However Internet addiction, which is directly related to this condition, causes many psychological and social problems for student at an alarming level. These problems cannot be ignored and can be avoided by rational use of the internet.
Anahtar Kelimeler
depression | Internet addiction | psychiatric disorders | social anxiety | social phobia | student