Internet Addiction and Stressors Causing Internet Addiction in Primary School Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and Cross-Sectional Study from Turkey
Yazarlar (4)
Öğr. Gör. Zeynep Aközlü Maltepe Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Tuğçe KOLUKISA Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Özlem ÖZTÜRK Karabük Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Aysel Topan Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (ESCI dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Addicta the Turkish Journal on Addictions
Dergi ISSN 2148-7286 Dergi Bilgileri (2021)
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler Emerging Sources Citation Index
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 04-2021
Kabul Tarihi Yayınlanma Tarihi 25-05-2021
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 8 / 1 / 65–72 DOI 10.5152/ADDICTA.2021.21032
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/addicta.2021.21032
UAK Araştırma Alanları
Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Hemşireliği
Özet
In this study, we aimed to examine the status of internet addiction in children and the stress factors causing it during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This study was a descriptive and cross-sectional study. The study sample included 154 parents of 7- to 10-year-old students. Participant information form and the Family-Child Internet Addiction Scale were used as data collection tools. The data of the study were collected with a questionnaire (via Google Forms) between July 15 and December 15, 2020. Of the children participating in the study, 90.3% (n=139) showed no symptoms and 9.7% (n=15) showed limited symptoms in terms of internet addiction. The total mean score that the children obtained from the scale was found to be 24.6±16.9. It was observed that the frequency of a child playing games with parents, the parents watching news about COVID-19 with the child, and the child being frequently warned about the COVID-19 precautions increased the children’s internet addiction scores (p
Anahtar Kelimeler
Child | COVID-19 | internet addiction | pandemics | primary schools