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Servet Erkol; Sabit Mentese; Murat Gökalp – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2024
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…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Middle School Students, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Almagul, Mukhamedkhanova; Aiman, Berikkhanova; Galiyapanu, Rezuanova; Kulzhanat, Bulatbaeva; Nagimash, Toibazarova; Ainur, Arkhymatayeva – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2023
In this study, the relationship between gaming, social media and internet addiction, which are within the scope of technology addiction, and school achievement and study behavior was examined. The sample of the study consisted of 240 students studying in grades 5-8 of 4 schools in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The study was designed in the comparative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Use, Addictive Behavior, Social Media
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Kong, Fanchang; Liu, Guofeng; Gao, Qiufeng; Deng, Jianjun – School Psychology International, 2021
Problematic mobile phone use can predict depression in adolescents, but few studies have thoroughly explored its internal mechanism. This study surveyed 1,768 Chinese adolescents in three educational levels (upper grades of elementary, junior middle, and high school levels) using a questionnaire. Results showed that (1) problematic mobile phone…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Late Adolescents, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
Adamczyk, Malgorzata; Adamczyk, Andrzej; Tlusciak-Deliowska, Aleksandra – International Journal of Psycho-Educational Sciences, 2018
The subject of the article is the issue of the use of mobile phones by young people and possible dangers resulting from the dysfunctional use of mobile phones. The analysis of this issue was started from the theoretical side of the phonoholism phenomenon presentation. The definitions related to the use of a mobile phone are presented and the risks…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Dobbs, Page Daniel; Hammig, Bart; Henry, Leah Jean – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objective: Between 2013 and 2014, past 30-day use of e-cigarettes increased from 4.5% to 13.4% among US high school students aged 9-19 years. We sought to examine the influence of perceived addiction and harm of e-cigarettes on e-cigarette use among adolescents. Design: Self-reported use and perception of harm of e-cigarettes were assessed using a…
Descriptors: Smoking, Adolescents, Addictive Behavior, Health Behavior
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Van Ryzin, Mark J.; Dishion, Thomas J. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2014
Background: Early substance use co-occurs with youths' self-organization into deviant peer groups in which substance use is central to social interaction. We hypothesized that the social dynamics of deviant peer groups amplify the risk of progressing from early use to later dependence, and that this influence occurs over and above escalations…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Smoking, Drinking, Marijuana