The investigation of Turkish high school students’ Internet use profiles across their demographics

Purposes of Internet use and problematic Internet use among Turkish high school students

“…The research in the literature demonstrates that gender (Demirer et al ., ; Ceyhan and Ceyhan, ; Ceyhan, ; Bakken et al ., ; Frangos et al ., ; Liu et al ., ; Özcan and Buzlu, ; Yang and Tung, ), FIU (Ceyhan and Ceyhan, ; Bakken et al ., ; Mottram and Fleming, ; Frangos et al ., ; Xu et al ., ; Aktepe et al ., ), grade point average (GPA; Bayraktar and Gün, ; Esen and Siyez, ; Frangos et al ., ; Koc and Tamer, ; Xu et al ., ; Heo et al ., ), and family income (F‐income; Bakken et al ., ; Akman and Mishra, ; Cao et al ., ; Liu et al ., ) are associated with PIU.…”

“…Some studies have been carried out in Turkey, focusing on understanding Internet usage and PIU among high school students. These studies found that the frequency of Internet use (FIU) changed according to gender, income, school type, and academic success (Koc and Tamer, ); that Internet addiction among adolescents was significantly predicted by gender, academic achievement, loneliness, and perceived social support from family (Esen and Siyez, ); and that the purpose of Internet use and psychological variables affected PIU (Bozoglan et al ., ).…”

Türk Ergenlerde İnternet Bağımlılığı Ve Erteledikleri Günlük Yaşam Aktiviteleri

“…The median value for the adolescents on the IA scale was found to be 40 (33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48)(49)(50)(51), mean values were 45.04±16.81 (min= 28, max= 140). Of the participants, 48.6% were male and were 51.4% female.…”

“…In 26.4% of the adolescents with IA, in 16.8% of those who were not addicted, and in 15.1% of those who displayed potential addiction, it was seen that pain-killers were being taken for headaches 3 . The literature reports low academic achievement and low attendance as well as absenteeism in children with an IA or in adolescents who do not use the internet appropriately 10,14,33,39 . Similarly, in the present study, adolescents who reported poor academic achievement were found to have significantly higher addiction mean scores compared to those who were successful students.…”

The Nature of Mother’s Employment on Nurturing Campus Persistence among Undergraduate Students

“…With social class often known to be impacting academic engagement (Kelly, 2008); the socio economic status is known leave its essentiality on learning ability and subsequent placement of students in the undergraduate study (Dar & Getz, 2007). The parental influence on work and family plans of adolescents diversifies by ethnic backgrounds (De Valk, 2008) where internet use for academic purpose is also found to be low among students with low socio-economic status (Aerschot & Rodousakis, 2008) with frequency of its use also varying by socio-economic status (Koc & Tamer, 2011). Thus there is an intergenerational link in educational attainment where family background and student characteristics impact academic achievement level of students (Pettit, Yu, Dodge, & Bates, 2009).…”