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Aydin Ilhan – Journal of Global Education and Research, 2024
This study examined the relationship between physical activity, digital game addiction, and academic success among university students. Participants were university 704 students from Turkiye who did physical activity and played digital games. The sample group consisted of 704 university students (342 women and 362 men), selected through random…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Video Games, Addictive Behavior, Academic Achievement
Burcu Karafil; Ahmet Uyar – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2023
This study explores the relationship between digital addiction and online learning readiness levels of the university students. For this, the predictive correlation research model was used. The sample of the study consisted of 856 university students studying at three different universities in Türkiye. The "Digital Addiction Scale" and…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Computer Use, Foreign Countries, Online Courses
Ezgi Pelin Yildiz; Metin Çengel – International Education Studies, 2024
Social media has often started to be used as the first source for accessing information. Country agenda, general issues, research, new ideas, entertainment, shopping, instant communication and cooperation are the positive contributions of social media. Excessive use of social media in every aspect of life certainly causes harm. It causes serious…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, Addictive Behavior, Young Adults
Berkan Çelik; Amine Hatun Atas – European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, 2023
Due to the notably increased penetration of smartphone use among university students and the alarming risk it poses to both physical and mental health, this study investigated mobile phone addiction among university students concerning student characteristics, mobile phone usage behaviors, and mobile phone use purposes and situations. The…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior, College Students, Incidence
Veli Ozan Cakir; Cagri Ilk; Cemal Guler – European Journal of Educational Sciences, 2023
This study aimed to investigate the level of social media addiction among university students. The sample group comprised a total of 238 participants, 56.7% of whom are female and 43.3% of whom are male, enrolled at Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Faculty of Sports Sciences. The data were collected using a personal information form and the 5-point…
Descriptors: Social Media, Internet, College Students, Foreign Countries
Kristy L. Bay – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As the global population continued to have broader Internet access, primarily through the rising use of smartphones, further study was needed regarding the symptoms and repercussions of Internet Addiction. A new term was coined for the levels of anxiety generated when a person was separated from their smartphone--nomophobia. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: College Students, Addictive Behavior, Internet, Handheld Devices
Randah Barakat – International Education Studies, 2024
The present work explores the potential role of smartphone addiction in mediating the correlation between self-efficacy and Psychological Escapism among university students. The paper's stratified convenience sample comprised 195 students from the World Islamic Sciences and Education University. Validated scales measuring self-efficacy,…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior, Telecommunications, College Students
Erçok Güler, Sinem Can; Cengiz, Recep; Günay, Erkan – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2023
The aim of this study is to examine the feeling of being stuck and phone addiction levels of student participants in Manisa Celal Bayar University Faculty of Sport Sciences. The study group of the research consists of 97 female and 193 male students from Manisa Celal Bayar University Faculty of Sport Sciences. Personal information form prepared by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior
Joorabchi, Toktam Namayandeh; Afshariyan, Mohammad Saber; Armat, Ramin – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2022
Excessive use of the Internet in recent years has caused different social problems. One of the most important consequences of excessive Internet usage is Internet addiction among students which directly affects their academic performance personal relationships with others, leading to social isolation. This study attempts to identify the…
Descriptors: Internet, Addictive Behavior, Social Isolation, Foreign Countries
Navarro-Ibarra, Lizzeth; García-Santillán, Arturo; Molchanova, Violetta S. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2020
The purpose of the study focused on determining the level of internet addiction in university students and whether this differs by gender. Participants were 463 students who, at the time of applying the survey, were taking any of the school semesters in the different academic offerings at ITSON. The instrument used for the field work was Young's…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Internet, College Students, Foreign Countries
Töre, Özlem; Karabacak, Sercan – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2022
Regular physical activities, called exercise, have an important role in maintaining both physical and mental health. However, some researches have shown that exercise done at uncontrollable rates can be harmful and cause addiction. The study adopted survey method and aimed to examine the exercise addictions of the students in the Faculty of Sports…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Exercise, Student Behavior, Physical Activity Level
Jojo, Chacko Eapen; Sundaramoorthy, Jeyavel – Cogent Education, 2022
Usage of Internet and electronic gadgets have become a part of our daily life. Especially, nowadays students need to use Internet for various purposes including academic activities. But the uncontrollable use of Internet can interfere one's daily activities and may develop an addictive behaviour. The current study was aimed to find the difference…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Addictive Behavior, Internet, College Students
Ümmühan Gülnar – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2025
The aim of the study is to examine the leisure consciousness and technology addiction of students studying in different departments of universities on a relational basis. Causal comparison and relational survey methods, which are quantitative research methods, were used in the study. The population of the study is the students who are studying in…
Descriptors: Recreational Activities, Leisure Time, Addictive Behavior, College Students
García-Santillán, Arturo; Mexicano-Fernández, Esmeralda; Molchanova, Violetta S. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2021
The purpose of the study is to determine the degree of Internet addiction in engineering students. It takes as a theoretical reference the scale proposed by Young (1998), which establish the criteria and ranges of addiction. The instrument is in Likert format with responses ranging from 1 (rarely) to 5 (always). The participants were 306 students…
Descriptors: Internet, Addictive Behavior, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries
Allahverdi, Fatima Zehra – Psychology in the Schools, 2022
The study adds to the literature by analyzing data from Kuwait University, a public university in the Gulf region of the Middle East, where research in the area of social media is relatively new. The study is the first to quantify the relationship of different social media applications frequency usage with perceived social media addiction among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, Addictive Behavior, College Students