Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
e-Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi (MAKÜ), sa.44, ss.581-597, 2017 (Hakemli Dergi)
A correlational research study was
conducted to determine university students’ Internet
addiction levels and how it is associated to the
students’ daily smartphone usage. The participants of
the study involved 298 university students in a state
university in Istanbul, Turkey. The study results
indicated that most of the participant students (43%)
belong to the non-addicted group, while 26.8% of the
students were addicted to the Internet and 30% of
them were risky students, who have a potential to be
addicted to the Internet. The results indicated that the
university students’ Internet addiction scores
significantly differed with respect to the frequency of
their daily mobile phone checking and gender, as male
students have higher Internet addiction scores than
females. Furthermore, there were positive correlations
between university students’ Internet addiction scores
and their daily smartphone usage in hours. The results
of the study would provide some advices for
governmental organizations about how to deal with
both problems by taking some preventive and
corrective actions.