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Problematic internet usage and healthy lifestyle behaviors in university students

Üniversite öğrencilerinde problemli internet kullanımı ve sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışları

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41–48
Publication Date
2019-12-29
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Measures that will derease the problematic internet usage and improve the healthy lifestyle behaviors should be taken.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Purpose: This study has been done with the purpose of determining the problematic internet usage and healthy lifestyle behaviors in university students.1723 students of Firat University were included in the study.
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Key Findings & Data:Results: The average age of students is 21.5±2.2. 38.2% of the students are women and 67.3% students are men. 50.9% of the students connect to internet at least 6 days in a week and 21.4% of them connect to the internet around 2 hours in a day.
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Conclusion & Impact:Measures that will derease the problematic internet usage and improve the healthy lifestyle behaviors should be taken.
🔬Design:Survey & Empirical Study
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:problemli internet kullanımı · sağlıklı yaşam · davranış

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Purpose: This study has been done with the purpose of determining the problematic internet usage and healthy lifestyle behaviors in university students.1723 students of Firat University were included in the study. Materials and Methods: The students were chosen according to the stratified sampling method in view of their departments, grades and genders. A questionnaire form including socio-demographic features and scales of problematic internet usage and healthy life style behaviors was applied to the students. Results: The average age of students is 21.5±2.2. 38.2% of the students are women and 67.3% students are men. 50.9% of the students connect to internet at least 6 days in a week and 21.4% of them connect to the internet around 2 hours in a day. The main purposes of the internet usage are checking his/her email address (87.8%), reading newspapers and journals (63.4%), and playing online games (28.4%). Mostly seen problems connected with the long term internet use are burning in the eyes, pain in the trapezius muscles and sleepness. A significant negative correlation has been found between healthy lifestyle behaviors and problematic internet scale points. Conclusion: It has been seen that the problematic internet use in students affect the healthy lifestyle behaviors negatively. Measures that will derease the problematic internet usage and improve the healthy lifestyle behaviors should be taken.

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Amaç: Bu çalışma, üniversite öğrencilerinde problemli internet kullanımı ve sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışlarını belirlemek amacı ile yapılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Fırat Üniversitesi’nde okuyan 1723 öğrenci araştırmaya dahil edilmiştir. Öğrenciler bölüm, sınıf ve cinsiyetlerine göre tabakalı örnekleme yöntemine göre seçilmişlerdir. Öğrencilere sosyo-demografik özellikler ile, problemli internet kullanımı ve sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışları ölçeğini içeren anket formu uygulanmıştır. Bulgular: Öğrencilerin yaş ortalaması 21.5±2.2’dir. %38.2’si kadın, %67.3’ü erkektir. Öğrencilerin %50.9’u haftada en az 6 gün internete bağlanmakta, %21.4’ü günde ortalama 2 saat internet bağlanmaktadır. İnternetin en fazla kullanım amaçları; e-posta adresine bakmak (%87.8), gazete dergi okumak (%63.4), online oyun oynamaktır (%28.4). Uzun süreli internet kullanımına bağlı en fazla görülen problemler ise, gözlerde yanma, boyun kaslarında ağrı ve uykusuzluktur. Sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışları ile problemli internet kullanımı ölçeği puanları arasında negatif yönde anlamlı düzeyde korelasyon bulunmuştur. Sonuç: Öğrencilerde problemli internet kullanımının, sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışlarını olumsuz etkilediği görülmüştür. Problemli internet kullanımını azaltacak, sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışlarını geliştirecek tedbirler alınmalıdır.

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NAZİK, F., GÜNEŞ, G. (2019). Problematic internet usage and healthy lifestyle behaviors in university students. Cukurova Medical Journal, Cilt: 44 Sayı: Ek 1, 41–48. https://ajindex.com/articles/56252

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