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The Reflections of Smartphone Use and Recreational Use of Internet by High School Students to Leisure Boredom and Academic Achievement

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  • beyza merve akgül

    (gazi university)

  • ali selman özdemir

    (Bülent Ecevit University)

  • suat karaküçük

    (gazi university)

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between, on the one hand, smartphone and recreational internet use, and on the other hand, students? academic success, life satisfaction and boredom in leisure time. The study sample contains 439 randomly selected high school students in Cankaya District, Ankara, Turkey. The questionnaire used to collect data is composed of five parts. These are the ?Personal Information Form?, ??Smartphone addiction scale?, ?Addiction Profile Index Internet Scan Form (BAPINT)?, ??leisure boredom scale?? and ??life satisfaction scale??. Frequency and percentage calculations, Pearson Correlations, multiple regression analysis and One-Way ANOVA test were utilized in the analysis .Consequently, it is observed that there is no meaningful difference between students? perceived academic success levels in terms of their smartphone use, F(4, 434)= 2.32, p>0.05. However, it is determined that there is a meaningful difference between students? perceived academic success levels with regard to their recreational internet use, F(4,434)=5.36, p

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  • beyza merve akgül & ali selman özdemir & suat karaküçük, 2016. "The Reflections of Smartphone Use and Recreational Use of Internet by High School Students to Leisure Boredom and Academic Achievement," Proceedings of International Academic Conferences 4006011, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences.
    • Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:4006011
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