Abstract
This research aims to investigate a relationship between digital dependency and reading behaviour of pre-service teachers and how locus of control mediates this relationship. In the research, conducted with 804 pre-service teachers aged 18-25, data was collected using a demographic data form, digital addiction scale, reading attitude scale and locus of control scale. Within the sub-problems of the research, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis and Mediation Analysis were applied to the dataset. The findings show that digital addiction is negatively correlated with attitude towards reading and positively correlated with locus of control showed that there is a significant relationship. Attitude towards reading and locus of control were found to have a significant negative relationship. It was found that locus of control was a partial mediator of the relationship between the level of digital addiction of pre-service teachers and their attitudes towards reading. Accordingly, it was concluded that the attitudes towards reading of pre-service teachers with high digital addiction and external locus of control were more negative than their peers with high digital addiction but internal locus of control.
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