Affiliation:
1. Erzurum İl Sağlık Müdürlüğü
2. ATATÜRK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, HALK SAĞLIĞI ANABİLİM DALI
Abstract
Objective: Considering the characteristics of the adolescent age, it is known that adolescents are vulnerable to the negative effects of the internet and are highly susceptible to internet addiction. In this study, it was aimed to determine the internet addiction levels of adolescents and effective factors.
Method: The 798 students in secondary schools in Erzurum city center participated in this cross-sectional study. Personal information form and Young Internet Addiction Scale were used to collect study data.
Results: In the study, 18.9% of the adolescents (F: 20.6%, M: 17.1%) were pathological internet users. Participants use the internet most often to film / video, etc. used for monitoring (16.9%), social media (16.1%) and education and/or research (15.6%). Internet addiction was significantly higher in smokers (17.0%) (p
Publisher
Turkish Journal of Public Health
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