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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 linkTugba Kamali Arslantas; Muhammed Emre Yaylaci; Mehmet Özkaya – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2024
The current study aims to examine the association between digital literacy (DL), Internet addiction (IA) and cyberloafing (CL) levels of higher education students in Turkey. In addition, the study examined the correlation between "daily Internet use," "initial Internet usage," and "purpose of Internet use" with the…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Technological Literacy, Internet, College Students
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
Omoyemiju, Michael Adeniyi; Omotosho, Idowu Mujidat – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2023
The research examined the spread of internet addiction among tertiary institution students in Osun State and examine the connection between social anxiety and internet addiction. The research used descriptive survey research methodology. A sample of 1,430 students were picked to be involved in the research using multistage sampling methodology.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Internet, Addictive Behavior
Jodie Brivic – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation-in-practice was designed to identify parental understanding of Internet addiction and technology usage among parents within a middle school in Velden, Austria. Research shows how important a parent's role is in preventing adolescent Internet addiction and the need to guide parents in helping their children find a positive balance…
Descriptors: Parent Workshops, Digital Literacy, Technological Literacy, Adolescents
Yongzhong Jiang; Dirgha Raj Joshi; Jeevan Khanal – International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2024
University students' engagement in online activities can impact both internet addiction and academic performance. This research aims to investigate these effects among university students. Using data from the "China College Students Longitudinal Survey" conducted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences between 2013 and 2018, this study…
Descriptors: Internet, Computer Mediated Communication, Influence of Technology, Addictive Behavior
Yazici-Kabadayi, Sema; Kabadayi, Fedai; Avci, Mehmet – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2023
The purpose of the present study was to explore the relationship between internet addiction, relationship satisfaction, and Gestalt contact styles among university students. A sample from a university in Turkey was recruited, which included 373 university students (271 females, 72.7%), aged 15-55. We administered and assessed the Gestalt Contact…
Descriptors: College Students, Addictive Behavior, Internet, Interpersonal Relationship
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
Smartphone and Internet Addiction as Predictors of Cyberloafing Levels in Students: A Mediated Model
Öztürk, Mücahit; Kerse, Gökhan – Education for Information, 2022
This study aims to determine the predictors of cyberloafing behaviors of university students. In this context, we examined the effects of smartphone and internet addiction variables on cyberloafing levels. Besides, the mediator effect of internet addiction was determined in the impact of smartphone addiction on cyberloafing. We conducted the…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Internet, Addictive Behavior, Predictor Variables
Ozkan Cikrikci; Ragip Umit Yalcin – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2023
The present study aimed to explore the mediating pathway on internet addiction through vengeance. The sample was consisted of 392 university students (N female = 242, 61.7% and N male = 150, 38.3%). The ages ranged between 18 and 35, with a mean age of 21.6 (SD = 1.95). The sample completed Young's Internet Addiction Test-Short Form, The Vengeance…
Descriptors: Internet, Addictive Behavior, Computer Use, College Students
Rudkovska, Anna; Sui, Wuyou; Irwin, Jennifer D. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: To explore the prevalence and severity of smartphone addiction among a sample of Canadian university students. Participants: A sample of 925 full-time university students enrolled at the host institution were recruited. Participants were primarily undergraduates (70.2%), women (77.1%), and owned an Apple smartphone (70.3%). Methods:…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior, Foreign Countries, College Students
Nikola Levkov; Bojan Kitanovikj – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2024
While the right usage of technology brings a plethora of benefits, misusing technological devices and the Internet in an educational context can manifest in different behavioral tendencies. This ranges from growing addiction to technology and cyberbullying to technological anxiety and technostress. Yet, the effects of cyberloafing on students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Social Media, Internet
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
Anna Sui; Wuyou Sui; Jennifer Irwin – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Smartphone ownership and engagement are at an all-time high. Excessive smartphone use may impart smartphone-specific anxiety; specifically, the fear of being unable to access or use one's smartphone, or nomophobia. Young adults, in particular, are at higher risk for nomophobia, given higher ownership of and engagement with smartphones. Notably,…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Internet, Addictive Behavior, Anxiety
