Abstract
This study is aimed to examine the relationship between Internet addiction and academic procrastination and social anxiety. The study group of this research is 599 high school students, 239 (39.9%) female, and 360 (60.1%) male. It is for the Young Internet Addiction Scale, the Academic Procrastination Scale, and the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents. The data were analyzed by Pearson Correlation Analysis and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis techniques. According to the findings of the study, positive correlation between internet addiction and academic procrastination and social anxiety shows a significant relationship. In other findings of the study, it was found that academic procrastination and social anxiety predicted internet addiction. According to the findings, the most powerful predictor variable was academic procrastination. Expanding the number of samples in future researches, reaching students from the region and sociocultural level ensures that the findings can be generalized, and more reliable results are obtained.
Highlights
Internet has become an important element with the responsibilities and needs of daily life on people in recent years (Ya & Zhong, 2014)
While the rate of individuals using the internet was 72.9% in 2018, this rate increased to 75.3% in 2019 (TÜİK, 2019) and the age range of the most users is 16-24 (TÜİK, 2019)
When the evolution of Internet usage by gender, men in the 16-74 age group in Turkey, while 81.8% of the internet, it is disclosed that 68.9% of women (TUIK, 2019)
Summary
Internet has become an important element with the responsibilities and needs of daily life on people in recent years (Ya & Zhong, 2014). Looking at the main reason why the Internet affects life so much, it is easy and accessible to provide needs (Güzel, 2006; Ko et al, 2012), increasing the quality of life and well-being (Arslan, 2017), portable tablet and smartphones It is seen that it brings many benefits such as the use of telephones to carry out professional works (Ya & Zhong, 2014). The misuse of technology (Beranuy, Oberst, Carbonell, & Chamarro, 2009), behavioral control problem (Ya & Zhong, 2014), emotional and intellectual imbalances caused by the excessive use of the internet (Griffiths, 2000; Odaci & Çikrikçi, 2017) Common problems such as family, work, school life, and social life are encountered. When the literature is analyzed in the literature, it is stated that internet use triggers a high level of emotional loneliness in individuals (Odaci & Kalkan, 2010) and low ies.ccsenet.org
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