Abstract
The objective of this study is to determine the mobile addiction and social media addiction level of parents and their attitudes towards usage of technology. The study has a descriptive and correlational model pattern which is a quantitative re-search method. The sample of the study consisted of 200 pre-school student par-ents. In order to collect the data, “Mobile Addiction Scale”, “Social Media Addic-tion Scale” and “Parent Attitude towards Technology Usage Scale” were used and the descriptive statistics of the scale scores and the relational findings be-tween the scale scores were included. Accordingly, statistically significant and positive correlations were found between the scores of parents' subscales in the 'Parental Attitude Scale for Technology Usage and 'Mobile Addiction Scale'. It is hoped that the study will shed light on other researchers in terms of their attitudes towards mobile and social media addiction levels and usage of technology.
Highlights
According to the “Household Informatics Technologies Usage Study” conducted by Turkish Statistics Institute-TUIK, computer and internet usage in Turkey was found as 59.6% and 72.9% in 16-74 age group family members, respectively [1].As a result of the widespread use of the internet with technological developments, mobile phones have become the most widely used technological devices in the social structure
When the findings regarding the distribution of technology use characteristics of the parents given in Table 2 are examined, it is seen that 79.0% of the parents used mobile phone for making calls, 69.50% for social networks, 56.50% for following news and 42.50% for educational purposes
7,97 In Table 3, descriptive statistics related to the scores obtained by parents in the study from Parental Attitude Scale for Technology Use, Mobile Addiction Scale and Social Media Addiction Scale are given
Summary
As a result of the widespread use of the internet with technological developments, mobile phones have become the most widely used technological devices in the social structure. With smart phones that provide access to the internet, the time spent with mobile phones increases for people who obtain many advantages. Such excessive use of mobile phones is becoming an addiction in society. The ability to access the internet with mobile phones at any time, the social media applications, and online mobile games they offer increase internet and mobile addiction [2,3,17,19,20]
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