Addiction is the state of being addicted to any activity, substance, object or behavior in a way that excludes other activities of one's life or causes physical, mental or social harm to oneself and others. In addition to many and various types of addiction, it seems that an important type of addiction is technology addiction. Today, the dizzying…

With the effect of globalization and digitalization, remarkable progress has been made in internet and smart phone technology. Nowadays especially, with the increasing number of users, smartphones have become an important need for children and young individuals. In this sense, behavioral disorders in young individuals have become inevitable due to…

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between leisure attitude and smartphone addiction of sports science students. Totally 320 student (140 women and 180 men) were participated the study. The sampling method of study is convenient sampling method. In addition to the personal information form, the "Leisure Attitude Scale…

In this study, the aim was to conduct Turkish linguistic equivalence, validity and reliability studies of The Instagram Addiction Scale (TIAS) developed by Sholeh and Rusdi (2019) so that it can be used in the Turkish sample. This measuring instrument consists of two parts namely Instagram Feed Addiction and Instagram Story Addiction compiled…

The aim of the present study is to examine whether adolescent perception of social support and ostracism experiences are able to predict Internet addiction. The study endeavours to identify whether adolescent perception of social support, ostracism experiences, and Internet addiction significantly vary on the basis of sex, educational level,…