Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate the internet addiction levels of high school students using various variables. The research consists of a total of 962 students (452 girls and 410 boys) studying at different high schools in Giresun in the fall semester of the 2019 to 2020 academic year. The research data were obtained using the general survey model. The questionnaire consists of 6 items used to determine the introductory characteristics of university students; to obtain the data of the study, the Internet Addiction (IAS) consisting of 20 items developed by Young and the Academic Procrastination Scale (AEO) consisting of 19 items developed by CakA±cA± were used. In analyzing the data, Kolmogorov-Smirnov (K-S), Arithmetic Mean, Standard Deviation, Independent groups t test, one-way ANOVA and Tukey analysis techniques were used. As a result of the research, it was determined that the mean scores of high school students regarding internet addiction levels differ significantly in terms of gender, class level, economic status, mother's education level and father's education level. Key words: Internet, addiction, high school, student, internet addiction.
Highlights
The concept of addiction generally refers to the excessive desire of individuals for a physical substance and the inability to give up (Holden, 2001)
It is seen that the mean scores of the students regarding internet addiction are in the highest media factor and the lowest in the game factor.It was determined that the internet addiction levels of high school students showed a significant difference in favor of female students in the total score of the scale according to the gender variable, in terms of the effect of games and on the general life factors; while there was no significant difference in the media factor
According to the findings of the research conducted by Gönüç (2009) on secondary school students, it is concluded that male students' internet addiction levels are higher than female students; this is similar with this study
Summary
The concept of addiction generally refers to the excessive desire of individuals for a physical substance and the inability to give up (Holden, 2001). Among the negative social and psychological consequences, the impact of the Internet is the so-called. Young (1996) sees addiction as the destructive effects on the psychological, physical, social, mental and economic status of an individual as a result of a certain activity or substance use, one’s inability to give up, the impulse created by habit Campbell (2003) identified it as a disease with symptoms such as the emergence of negative behaviors that are not observed in healthy.
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