THE EFFECTS OF PEER PRESSURE ON INTERNET ADDICTION AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

The main objective of the study is to examine whether or not peer pressure among secondary school students predicts the level of Internet addiction. sub-objectives of the study, the Internet addiction to investigate the relationship between the time spent on the internet and sex. The study group con...

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Autor principal: Ayşin AYDINAY SATAN
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Publicado: Fırat University 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/9e894c1d3f6d47a2a911956f6d733d72
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Sumario:The main objective of the study is to examine whether or not peer pressure among secondary school students predicts the level of Internet addiction. sub-objectives of the study, the Internet addiction to investigate the relationship between the time spent on the internet and sex. The study group consists of 105 students in 11th and 12th grade at 2 secondary schools located in the Istanbul Tuzla District. 45 of these students are girls (49.19%) and 60 are boys (50.81%). Peer pressure (Kıran 2002) and Internet addiction measurements (Young, 1996) were used in this study. A simple linear regression analysis was used to find out how much the peer pressure variable predicts Internet addiction points. Kruskal Wallis H Test And MannWhitney U Test was used to analyze the internet addiction, the relationship between sex and the duration of the internet.According to the findings of the study, peer pressure accounts for 32.5% of Internet addiction. In line with these findings peer pressure predicts Internet addiction at a low level and in a positive direction. internet addiction, does not according to the gender difference. İnternet addiction vary according to the time spent on the internet