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Internet Addiction and Stressors Causing Internet Addiction in Primary School Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and CrossSectional Study from Turkey

Zeynep AKÖZLÜ
Tuğçe KOLUKİSA
Özlem ÖZTÜRK ŞAHİN
Aysel TOPAN
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65–72
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This study demonstrated that if the pandemic process was prolonged, internet addiction in children could be further triggered.

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Objective & Hypothesis: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.
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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<0.05). This study demonstrated that if the pandemic process was prolonged, internet addiction in children could be further triggered.

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AKÖZLÜ, Z., KOLUKİSA, T., ŞAHİN, Ö. Ö., TOPAN, A. (2021). Internet Addiction and Stressors Causing Internet Addiction in Primary School Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and CrossSectional Study from Turkey. Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions, Cilt: 8 - Sayı: 1, 65–72. https://ajindex.com/articles/357264

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