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Internet addiction and physical and psychosocial behavior problems among rural secondary school students

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  • Kamer Gür
  • Seher Yurt
  • Serap Bulduk
  • Sinem Atagöz

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The aim of this study was to determine secondary school students' levels of Internet addiction and the physical and psychosocial behavior problems they face while using the Internet. This descriptive study was conducted in three state secondary schools in a rural area in the western part of Turkey. This study's sample consisted of 549 students who agreed to participate, with the consent of their families, and who had an Internet connection at home. The data were evaluated using t‐tests and variance analyses. In this study the students' score of Internet addiction was at medium level (mean addiction score 44.51 ± 17.90). There were significant differences between the students' Internet addiction scores and the presence of physical behavior problems (going to bed late, skipping meals, eating meals in front of the computer) and psychosocial behavior problems (suffering from conditions such as restlessness, anger, heart palpitations, or tremors when they could not connect to the Internet, decreased relationships with family and friends, feelings of anger, arguing with parents, and finding life boring and empty without an Internet connection).

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  • Kamer Gür & Seher Yurt & Serap Bulduk & Sinem Atagöz, 2015. "Internet addiction and physical and psychosocial behavior problems among rural secondary school students," Nursing & Health Sciences, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 17(3), pages 331-338, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:nuhsci:v:17:y:2015:i:3:p:331-338
    DOI: 10.1111/nhs.12192
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    1. Jianfen Wu & Hui Li, 2021. "Mindfulness for Sustainable Internet Use in Chinese Junior Secondary School Students: A Dual-Path Mediation Model," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-10, April.
    2. Ifeoma Juliet Nwufo & Obinna Osita Ike, 2024. "Personality Traits and Internet Addiction among Adolescent Students: The Moderating Role of Family Functioning," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 21(5), pages 1-14, April.
    3. Ning Ding & Xinwen Zhang, 2022. "Bullying Victimization and Quality of Life among Chinese Adolescents: An Integrative Analysis of Internet Addiction and Social Withdrawal," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(24), pages 1-13, December.
    4. Manji Hu & Lin Xu & Wei Zhu & Tingting Zhang & Qiang Wang & Zisheng Ai & Xudong Zhao, 2022. "The Influence of Childhood Trauma and Family Functioning on Internet Addiction in Adolescents: A Chain-Mediated Model Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(20), pages 1-13, October.
    5. Tony Durkee & Vladimir Carli & Birgitta Floderus & Camilla Wasserman & Marco Sarchiapone & Alan Apter & Judit A. Balazs & Julio Bobes & Romuald Brunner & Paul Corcoran & Doina Cosman & Christian Harin, 2016. "Pathological Internet Use and Risk-Behaviors among European Adolescents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-17, March.

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