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Omoyemiju, Michael Adeniyi; Popoola, Bayode Isaiah – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2021
In this study the prevalence of internet addiction was ascertained among students of a university in Nigeria, using a survey design method. A sample of 1448 students was selected through a proportionate sampling technique. Data were collected using Young's (1998) Internet Addiction Test. Fourteen percent of the students exhibited severe levels of…
Descriptors: Incidence, Internet, Computer Use, Handheld Devices
Baltaci, Onder – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2021
The purpose of this study is to examine the level of internet addiction of university students in the coronavirus epidemic process in terms of various variables. The research was carried out with the screening model, which is one of the quantitative research methods. The study group in Turkey between coronavirus outbreak and characterized by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Addictive Behavior, Internet
Kaya, Sinan; Kaya, Mevlüt – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2020
The purpose of this study is to examine the smartphone addiction levels among university students. For this purpose, first of all, students' addiction levels were determined, and then it was examined whether these levels differed according to the gender of the students, the purpose of using the internet on the smartphone, and the usage times of…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior, College Students, Student Behavior
Kim, Cheong Hoon; Kang, Kyung-Ah; Shin, Sunhwa – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: This study aimed to determine whether low healthy lifestyle (HL) status was associated with alcohol and food addiction risks among college students. Method: The data were gathered through an online survey questionnaire from 311 college students. The students were divided into either a lower or a higher HL status group, based on HL mean…
Descriptors: Life Style, Health Behavior, Drinking, Alcohol Abuse
Tiziano Gerosa; Lucilla Losi; Marco Gui – Youth & Society, 2024
Smartphones are the principal instrument for internet access among adolescents and pre-adolescents in many industrialized countries. However, research on the long-term correlates of age at first access to these devices concerning life outcomes is scarce. This study contributes to the literature by collecting data from 3,247 Italian students in…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Age Differences, Access to Computers
Gönültas, Mesut – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2022
The study aimed to reveal the prevalence of cyber bullying and victimization among university students and to analyze whether levels of cyber bullying and victimization in students can be differentiated according to the level of problematic Internet use. Moreover, the study intended to examine the relationships between gender, year level, and…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Victims, College Students
Akkus Çutuk, Zeynep – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
The present study aimed at testing a model developed to uncover the relationships among social media addiction, cognitive absorption, and self-esteem. This study's sample consisted of 361 university students, 198 of whom were females, and 163 were males. Data were collected using the Social Media Addiction Scale (SMAS), the Cognitive Absorption…
Descriptors: Social Media, Addictive Behavior, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
Li, Jiaqi; Liu, Xun – Journal of International Students, 2021
While Internet use plays an increasingly important role in individuals' lives, many college students have found themselves totally unconsciously plunged into Internet addiction (IA). Guided by the acculturative stress theory, we examined the relationships between acculturative stress, gender, age, length of stay, and IA among international college…
Descriptors: Internet, Addictive Behavior, Acculturation, Culture Conflict
Keskin, Burcak; Güvendi, Burcu; Karakoc, Bilal; Kaya, Selman; Cetin, Onat – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
This study aims to determine the relationship between the digital game addiction levels of secondary and high school students and their motivation for participation in physical activity during the pandemic process. The study participants include a total of 322 students, 227 males, and 95 females, aged between 11 and 18. The game addiction scale…
Descriptors: Video Games, Addictive Behavior, Secondary School Students, Student Motivation
Koc, Mustafa; Tunc, Rasim – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
E-sports games have recently become a popular internet game especially among young people and are played at a professional and amateur level. The effect of replacing traditional games with such digital games on the development of children and young people is hotly discussed among the parents and educators. This study aims to investigate…
Descriptors: Video Games, Competition, Internet, High School Students
Koc, Mustafa; Tanrikulu, Cagri – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
Intense Internet use, which disrupts people's daily routine responsibilities and disrupts the quality of life, points to the problem of Internet addiction (IA). This problem is more common among youngsters. Especially university students who move away from family surveillance and have more access to the Internet are in the high risk group.…
Descriptors: Internet, Addictive Behavior, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
Almagul, Mukhamedkhanova; Aiman, Berikkhanova; Galiyapanu, Rezuanova; Kulzhanat, Bulatbaeva; Nagimash, Toibazarova; Ainur, Arkhymatayeva – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2023
In this study, the relationship between gaming, social media and internet addiction, which are within the scope of technology addiction, and school achievement and study behavior was examined. The sample of the study consisted of 240 students studying in grades 5-8 of 4 schools in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The study was designed in the comparative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Use, Addictive Behavior, Social Media
Yaman, M. Sibel – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2020
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between recreation department students' Facebook addiction and free time satisfaction levels and to determine whether they differ according to certain variables. 212 Turkish students, 108 males and 104 females studying at the Faculty of Sport Sciences Recreation Department in the 2018-2019…
Descriptors: Social Media, Addictive Behavior, College Students, Foreign Countries
Karademir Coskun, Tugra; Kaya, Omer – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2020
This study focused on the effects of variables related to nomophobia levels of youths for adults; and exhibited a nomophobia profile of an adult by means of the significant variables about adults. Two hundred-ten adults from 30 different occupational groups participated in the research. The relational research design was used in the research. Data…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Fear, Handheld Devices, Adults
Ruiz-Palmero, Julio; Sánchez-Rivas, Enrique; Gómez-García, Melchor; Sánchez Vega, Elena – Education Sciences, 2019
Smartphones are indeed becoming an essential tool in the daily lives and relations of their users in recent years, thanks to their uses and potential. However, excessive and inappropriate use can lead to dependence syndromes. The objectives of our study were to ascertain how these devices are being used and whether students are at risk of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Handheld Devices, Gender Differences

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