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Zeynep Simsir-Gokalp; Muhammet Ibrahim Akyurek – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2024
Failure to exercise self-control is one of the leading causes of substance and behavioral addictions. Problematic social media usage (PSMU), a type of behavioral addiction, has become an increasingly serious problem with a significant impact on the lives of individuals of all generations. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the underlying…
Descriptors: Self Control, Mass Media Use, Addictive Behavior, Correlation
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Chiara Andrà; Eleonora Averna; Ilaria Copelli; Gianluca Sini Cosmi; Elisa Paterno; Claudia Chiavarino – LUMAT: International Journal on Math, Science and Technology Education, 2024
Gambling disorder is a dramatic phenomenon that is spreading, in Italy as well as around the world, among younger and younger people every year. Activities in mathematics lessons at school can help pre-vent it, but it is necessary to know with which attitudes and beliefs students approach such mathematics lessons, as well as the role of the social…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Correlation, Self Control, Foreign Countries
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Villanueva, Fritzgerald – BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 2021
Gaming addiction is a behavioural disorder that requires clinical therapy because of its symptoms, which often overwhelm children's sense of self-control. However, the credibility of the screening test for gaming addiction is contentious in the literature, resulting in some ambiguous distinctions between excessive video gaming and the disorder.…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Therapy
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Sakiroglu, Mehmet – International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, 2019
The use of smart phones is quite common among young people. This may sometimes cause problems. Different steps are being taken in the schools regarding the rules that students should follow for the use of telephone. However, student-oriented solutions are needed. The main aim of this study is to reveal the role of self-control, difficulties in…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Self Control, Emotional Response
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Babakr, Zana H.; Majeed, Kamaran; Mohamedamin, Pakstan; Kakamad, Karwan – European Journal of Educational Research, 2019
This study aims to reveal the prevalence of internet addiction among Kurdish university students and its association with self-control. 623 students form 19 universities in various colleges and schools, 335 boys (54%) and 288 (46%) girls took part in this study in which they were asked to complete an internet addiction and self-control…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Internet, College Students, Incidence
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Ogachi, Fabio Maroma; Karega, Muchiri; Oteyo, John Samson – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2019
This study sought to establish the relationship between depression and pathological internet use (PIU) among university students in Kenya. The study used correlational design to establish the relationship between the variables. The target population was university students in Kenya. Convenience sampling was used to sample students from one public…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Gender Differences, Internet, Depression (Psychology)
Kemp, William M., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Smartphones and their impact on academic success was chosen as the research topic for this dissertation. This was chosen because smartphones have become very popular tools for many people, especially for students in an educational setting. Further, the use of these devices and others, such as laptops and tablets, has aided students in boosting…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior, Telecommunications, Correlation
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Tas, Ibrahim – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2019
Gaming addition is attracting the attention of more and more researchers every day. Diagnostic criteria defined by World Health Organization (WHO) and American Psychiatric Association (APA) for gaming disorder or internet gaming disorder have caused a rapid increase in the number of studies on the subject. A similar case applies to the studies…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Computer Games, Foreign Countries, Correlation
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Varma, Parvathy; Cheaskul, Uree; Poonpol, Polthep – Journal for Leadership and Instruction, 2018
The major purpose of this study is to investigate the direct and indirect influences of parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative and permissive) on educational adjustment and psychological well-being mediated by self-regulation and Internet addiction among university students in Thailand. Self-Regulation Questionnaire (SRQ), the Internet…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Internet, Addictive Behavior, Self Control
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Firat, Mehmet – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
This is an explanatory mixed-method study that analyzes the relationship between the variables of students' self-control and Facebook usage. TIME's online Facebook calculator and the Brief Self-Control Scale are used for data collection. The research participants are 60 students in a department of computer education and instructional technology…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Self Control, Social Media, College Students
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Dvorak, Robert D.; Kuvaas, Nicholas J.; Lamis, Dorian A.; Pearson, Matthew R.; Stevenson, Brittany L. – Journal of Drug Education, 2015
Emotional and behavioral regulation has been linked to coping and enhancement motives and associated with different patterns of alcohol use and problems. The current studies examined emotional instability, urgency, and internal drinking motives as predictors of alcohol dependence symptoms as well as the likelihood and severity of "Diagnostic…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Drinking, College Students, Emotional Problems
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MacKillop, James – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2013
Delayed reward discounting is a behavioral economic index of impulsivity, referring to how much an individual devalues a reward based on its delay in time. As a behavioral process that varies considerably across individuals, delay discounting has been studied extensively as a model for self-control, both in the general population and in clinical…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Rewards, Self Control, Genetics