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Loneliness and Internet Addiction Among University Students

Loneliness and Internet Addiction Among University Students

Ayfer Aydiner Boylu, Gülay Günay
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781522534778|ISBN10: 1522534776|EISBN13: 9781522534785
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3477-8.ch006
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Boylu, Ayfer Aydiner, and Gülay Günay. "Loneliness and Internet Addiction Among University Students." Psychological, Social, and Cultural Aspects of Internet Addiction, edited by Bahadir Bozoglan, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 109-125. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3477-8.ch006

APA

Boylu, A. A. & Günay, G. (2018). Loneliness and Internet Addiction Among University Students. In B. Bozoglan (Ed.), Psychological, Social, and Cultural Aspects of Internet Addiction (pp. 109-125). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3477-8.ch006

Chicago

Boylu, Ayfer Aydiner, and Gülay Günay. "Loneliness and Internet Addiction Among University Students." In Psychological, Social, and Cultural Aspects of Internet Addiction, edited by Bahadir Bozoglan, 109-125. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3477-8.ch006

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Abstract

The present study was designed to determine the relationship between loneliness and Internet addiction, based on a sample of young generation from Turkey. Participants in this study were students of the Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey (n = 440). Findings show that there is a statistically significant relationship (p <0.05) between students' Internet addiction and only the grade they are studying. According to the correlation analysis, it was found that there is a negative relationship between the loneliness of students and the time they spend on the internet, and a positive relationship between internet addiction and age of students. Moreover, it was found that the age, time spent on the Internet and loneliness of university students were important determinants of Internet addiction.

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