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Download full textMensah Prince Osiesi; Olutoyin Olufunke Fajobi; Sikeade Mercy Adegboyega; Abiodun Adesope Fadiya; Olaitan Titilayo Akinola; Muyiwa Sunday Ajimuse; Folasade Oluyemisi Olayinka; Sunday Nnamdi Okocha; Tolulope Oluwatoyin Olayiwola-Adedoja; Oladipo Adeyeye Olubodun; Atinuke Titilope Babalola; Valentina Grion – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2025
Objective: Internet addiction among university undergraduates may deeply impact their academic lives. This study investigated the association between academic fatigue, academic engagement, academic performance, gender, and internet addiction and how the variables jointly and relatively predict internet addiction among undergraduates in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Addictive Behavior, Undergraduate Students
Direct linkS. Lin; M. A. Fabris; C. Longobardi; S. Mastrokoukou – Journal of Adolescence, 2025
Introduction: Recent evidence demonstrates an association between social media addiction (SMA) and aggressive behaviors; however, the longitudinal relationship between these two variables remains not fully understood. The aim of this study was to examine the longitudinal relationship between SMA and aggressive behaviors (overt and relational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, Addictive Behavior, Aggression
Aydin Ilhan – Journal of Global Education and Research, 2024
This study examined the relationship between physical activity, digital game addiction, and academic success among university students. Participants were university 704 students from Turkiye who did physical activity and played digital games. The sample group consisted of 704 university students (342 women and 362 men), selected through random…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Video Games, Addictive Behavior, Academic Achievement
Burcu Karafil; Ahmet Uyar – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2023
This study explores the relationship between digital addiction and online learning readiness levels of the university students. For this, the predictive correlation research model was used. The sample of the study consisted of 856 university students studying at three different universities in Türkiye. The "Digital Addiction Scale" and…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Computer Use, Foreign Countries, Online Courses
Ezgi Pelin Yildiz; Metin Çengel – International Education Studies, 2024
Social media has often started to be used as the first source for accessing information. Country agenda, general issues, research, new ideas, entertainment, shopping, instant communication and cooperation are the positive contributions of social media. Excessive use of social media in every aspect of life certainly causes harm. It causes serious…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, Addictive Behavior, Young Adults
Semih Cayak; Ozge Erduran-Tekin – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2024
The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between primary school students' school happiness and digital game addictions. The study group of this research, which was designed in the relational survey model, consists of 204 fourth-grade primary school students studying in the Pendik district of Istanbul. In the research, the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Psychological Patterns, Addictive Behavior, Video Games
Demir, Fatima Betül; Öteles, Ülkü Ulukaya; Koçoglu, Erol – Educational Research and Reviews, 2023
The concepts of digital obesity and digital literacy, which are interconnected in influencing human beings, can find their place in all areas of life with the virtualized life industry in the globalizing world. Having these competencies, awareness can be explained by the orientation process between these concepts and the individual. In this…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Digital Literacy, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables
Berkan Çelik; Amine Hatun Atas – European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, 2023
Due to the notably increased penetration of smartphone use among university students and the alarming risk it poses to both physical and mental health, this study investigated mobile phone addiction among university students concerning student characteristics, mobile phone usage behaviors, and mobile phone use purposes and situations. The…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior, College Students, Incidence
Gurmeet Kaur; Meghna Mehndroo – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2024
Digital addiction has become an intriguing concern over the recent years because of the rapid explosion of gadgets and other online platforms attracting youth to spend most of their time online. Excessive use of digital platforms has been associated with many psychological issues. The results revealed significant correlations among digital…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Addictive Behavior, Handheld Devices
Veli Ozan Cakir; Cagri Ilk; Cemal Guler – European Journal of Educational Sciences, 2023
This study aimed to investigate the level of social media addiction among university students. The sample group comprised a total of 238 participants, 56.7% of whom are female and 43.3% of whom are male, enrolled at Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Faculty of Sports Sciences. The data were collected using a personal information form and the 5-point…
Descriptors: Social Media, Internet, College Students, Foreign Countries
Randah Barakat – International Education Studies, 2024
The present work explores the potential role of smartphone addiction in mediating the correlation between self-efficacy and Psychological Escapism among university students. The paper's stratified convenience sample comprised 195 students from the World Islamic Sciences and Education University. Validated scales measuring self-efficacy,…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior, Telecommunications, College Students
Costina-Ruxandra Poetar; Anca Dobrean; Ionut Stelian Florean – Youth & Society, 2024
The aim of this study was to assess the pattern of mutual relations within the Problematic Smartphone Use (PSU) (first network) and between adolescent mental health problems and PSU (second network). The invariance of both networks was investigated across age, gender, and severity of symptoms. The participants were 708 Romanian adolescents…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Mental Health, Adolescents
Erçok Güler, Sinem Can; Cengiz, Recep; Günay, Erkan – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2023
The aim of this study is to examine the feeling of being stuck and phone addiction levels of student participants in Manisa Celal Bayar University Faculty of Sport Sciences. The study group of the research consists of 97 female and 193 male students from Manisa Celal Bayar University Faculty of Sport Sciences. Personal information form prepared by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior
Dere, Zeynep – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2023
Digitalization is an unavoidable benefits of modern life Digital transformation and change continue to be experienced in every field. Adolescents have accessed many apps, including those related to their academic life, online in the past year. It is vital for the health of adolescents that researchers identify their Internet addictions and come up…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Student Behavior, Internet, Undergraduate Students
Ömer Düzenli; Feray Ugur-Erdogmus; Özgen Korkmaz; Recep Çakir – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2023
This mixed-methods study examines high school students' self-confidence, social media use, and internet addiction. The data were collected from 340 high school students in Samsun during the 2019-2020 academic year. Participants completed self-confidence, internet addiction, and social media use scales, and interviews. Descriptive analyses,…
Descriptors: Social Media, Internet, Addictive Behavior, Self Esteem
