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Isa Bahat – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2023
The purpose of this study is to examine the level of social media addiction among university students. The research was conducted during the spring semester of the 2022-2023 academic year with 386 students from both public and private/foundation universities. In this descriptive research, the "Social Media Addiction Scale" developed by…
Descriptors: Social Media, Addictive Behavior, College Students, Student Behavior
Murat Agirkan – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2023
This study was aimed at testing the hypothetical model, which included technology addiction, basic psychological needs, and social emotional learning skills (SEL). The study also examined whether there is a mediating effect of SEL in the relationship between basic psychological needs and technology addiction. For this purpose, data were collected…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Addictive Behavior, Computer Use, Needs
Recep Öz; Murat Tolga Kayalar; Ayhan Koç – Pakistan Journal of Distance and Online Learning, 2023
The study employed a quantitative research design using the general survey model to understand a large research population without intervening in variables. It involved 552 teacher candidates from an education faculty in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey, with 142 males and 410 females participating voluntarily. Data were collected using the Computer Game…
Descriptors: Computers, Video Games, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences
Gao, Ni; Eissenstat, SunHee J.; Oh, Tammy L. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: This study explores the use of social media and its impact on the college life of students with disabilities. Participants: 341 college students who identified as having disabilities were recruited from two universities in the Northeastern United. Methods: Multivariate multiple regression models examined the relationship between social…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, College Students, Social Media, Academic Achievement
A. K. Burlew; C. McCuistian; D. Lanaway – Health Education Research, 2023
Black women who use substances in the United States face unique human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk factors. However, interventions addressing cultural factors relevant for preventing HIV risk behaviors among Black women are limited. This project aimed to develop and initially test the effectiveness of a culturally adapted version of safer sex…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Disease Control, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prevention
Hirota, Tomoya; Takahashi, Michio; Adachi, Masaki; Sakamoto, Yui; Nakamura, Kazuhiko – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Despite increasing attention to internet addiction (IA) in both clinical practice and research, our understanding of longitudinal changes of IA status is limited. In the present study, we employed latent transition analysis to investigate patterns of transitions and the stability of IA status among 5483 students (aged 9-12 years) over the two-year…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Internet, Addictive Behavior, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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
Charlaine Perez; Joseph Jay Alvarez; Aries Carbungco; Jozel Due; Critanya Milles Ochoa; Michael Louie Celis; Joseph Lobo – Journal of Learning for Development, 2024
This quantitative-correlational study aimed to examine the relationship between online game addiction and mental well-being of high school students from Angeles City, in the Philippines, during the COVID-19 pandemic. To obtain data from the respondents, the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale--Short-Form and Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Video Games, Addictive Behavior, Mental Health
Teri-Lynn Ellis; Corrie C. Krahn; Charlene Leslie; Nicole McGlenen; Barbara J. Pettapie – BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 2024
This article examines the negative effects social media has on adolescents' health and well-being, and how it impacts their academic life. Research was conducted by using scholarly search engines to locate several articles that examined the effects of social media use on adolescents within the last ten years. After reviewing the articles, five…
Descriptors: Social Media, Adolescents, Well Being, Health
Nesrin Çunkus Köktas; Gülseren Keskin; Gülay Tasdemir Yigitoglu – Health Education & Behavior, 2024
It is known that individuals use the internet more to escape from the psychological problems they encounter in daily life during the pandemic. Besides, it is also known that individuals with personality traits such as neuroticism and extraversion might be prone to internet addiction due to poor communication skills. It is important to determine…
Descriptors: Internet, Addictive Behavior, Nursing Students, COVID-19
Erdem, Cahit; Uzun, Ahmet Murat – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2022
This study aimed to assess the association of smartphone addiction with domains of the big five personality traits (i.e., extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience) after controlling for individual differences such as age, gender, and amount of daily smartphone and internet use. The study employed a…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior, Personality Traits
Awobamise, Ayodeji; Jarrar, Yosra; Nweke, Gabriel E. – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2022
This study aimed at furthering the research on the relationship between social communication apprehension, self-esteem and Facebook addiction. To measure the three variables, a questionnaire comprised of The Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA-24), The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RES), and The Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Communication (Thought Transfer), Self Esteem, Social Media
Okur, Sinan; Acar-Bulut, Özlem; Erden-Çinar, Seval – Journal of Theoretical Educational Science, 2022
This study examines the mediating role of social media usage habits in the relationship between FoMO and nomophobia. 457 people were recruited to participate in the study. While 177 of them were male, the remaining 280 participants were female, and the participants' age ranged between 18 and 70. The average age of the participants was calculated…
Descriptors: Social Media, Psychological Patterns, Late Adolescents, Adults
Aslan, Hazal Rümeysa; Tolan, Özlem Çakmak – International Education Studies, 2022
This study aimed to determine the relationships between social appearance anxiety, automatic thoughts, psychological well-being and social media addiction and the predictive power of these variables on social media addiction. The sample of the study consists of 440 associate degrees, undergraduate and postgraduate students studying in various…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Anxiety, Psychological Patterns, Well Being
Dere, Zeynep – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2022
Technology can provide children new opportunities to dive into the internet and play online games. Parents are showing concerns towards losing the ability to observe children's accession to technological devices. It is also growing concern that technological addiction has some negative impacts on young children. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Internet, Video Games, Child Behavior