Internet Addiction and Stressors Causing InternetAddiction in Primary School Children during theCOVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and Cross Sectional Study from Turkey
Yıl: 2021 Cilt: 8 Sayı: 1 Sayfa Aralığı: 65 - 72 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.5152/ADDICTA.2021.21032 İndeks Tarihi: 20-11-2021
Internet Addiction and Stressors Causing InternetAddiction in Primary School Children during theCOVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and Cross Sectional Study from Turkey
Öz: 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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| APA | AKÖZLÜ Z, KOLUKISA T, ÖZTÜRK ŞAHİN Ö, Topan A (2021). Internet Addiction and Stressors Causing InternetAddiction in Primary School Children during theCOVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and Cross Sectional Study from Turkey. , 65 - 72. 10.5152/ADDICTA.2021.21032 |
| Chicago | AKÖZLÜ Zeynep,KOLUKISA TUĞÇE,ÖZTÜRK ŞAHİN ÖZLEM,Topan Aysel Internet Addiction and Stressors Causing InternetAddiction in Primary School Children during theCOVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and Cross Sectional Study from Turkey. (2021): 65 - 72. 10.5152/ADDICTA.2021.21032 |
| MLA | AKÖZLÜ Zeynep,KOLUKISA TUĞÇE,ÖZTÜRK ŞAHİN ÖZLEM,Topan Aysel Internet Addiction and Stressors Causing InternetAddiction in Primary School Children during theCOVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and Cross Sectional Study from Turkey. , 2021, ss.65 - 72. 10.5152/ADDICTA.2021.21032 |
| AMA | AKÖZLÜ Z,KOLUKISA T,ÖZTÜRK ŞAHİN Ö,Topan A Internet Addiction and Stressors Causing InternetAddiction in Primary School Children during theCOVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and Cross Sectional Study from Turkey. . 2021; 65 - 72. 10.5152/ADDICTA.2021.21032 |
| Vancouver | AKÖZLÜ Z,KOLUKISA T,ÖZTÜRK ŞAHİN Ö,Topan A Internet Addiction and Stressors Causing InternetAddiction in Primary School Children during theCOVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and Cross Sectional Study from Turkey. . 2021; 65 - 72. 10.5152/ADDICTA.2021.21032 |
| IEEE | AKÖZLÜ Z,KOLUKISA T,ÖZTÜRK ŞAHİN Ö,Topan A "Internet Addiction and Stressors Causing InternetAddiction in Primary School Children during theCOVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and Cross Sectional Study from Turkey." , ss.65 - 72, 2021. 10.5152/ADDICTA.2021.21032 |
| ISNAD | AKÖZLÜ, Zeynep vd. "Internet Addiction and Stressors Causing InternetAddiction in Primary School Children during theCOVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and Cross Sectional Study from Turkey". (2021), 65-72. https://doi.org/10.5152/ADDICTA.2021.21032 |
| APA | AKÖZLÜ Z, KOLUKISA T, ÖZTÜRK ŞAHİN Ö, Topan A (2021). Internet Addiction and Stressors Causing InternetAddiction in Primary School Children during theCOVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and Cross Sectional Study from Turkey. Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions, 8(1), 65 - 72. 10.5152/ADDICTA.2021.21032 |
| Chicago | AKÖZLÜ Zeynep,KOLUKISA TUĞÇE,ÖZTÜRK ŞAHİN ÖZLEM,Topan Aysel Internet Addiction and Stressors Causing InternetAddiction in Primary School Children during theCOVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and Cross Sectional Study from Turkey. Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions 8, no.1 (2021): 65 - 72. 10.5152/ADDICTA.2021.21032 |
| MLA | AKÖZLÜ Zeynep,KOLUKISA TUĞÇE,ÖZTÜRK ŞAHİN ÖZLEM,Topan Aysel Internet Addiction and Stressors Causing InternetAddiction in Primary School Children during theCOVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and Cross Sectional Study from Turkey. Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions, vol.8, no.1, 2021, ss.65 - 72. 10.5152/ADDICTA.2021.21032 |
| AMA | AKÖZLÜ Z,KOLUKISA T,ÖZTÜRK ŞAHİN Ö,Topan A Internet Addiction and Stressors Causing InternetAddiction in Primary School Children during theCOVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and Cross Sectional Study from Turkey. Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions. 2021; 8(1): 65 - 72. 10.5152/ADDICTA.2021.21032 |
| Vancouver | AKÖZLÜ Z,KOLUKISA T,ÖZTÜRK ŞAHİN Ö,Topan A Internet Addiction and Stressors Causing InternetAddiction in Primary School Children during theCOVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and Cross Sectional Study from Turkey. Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions. 2021; 8(1): 65 - 72. 10.5152/ADDICTA.2021.21032 |
| IEEE | AKÖZLÜ Z,KOLUKISA T,ÖZTÜRK ŞAHİN Ö,Topan A "Internet Addiction and Stressors Causing InternetAddiction in Primary School Children during theCOVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and Cross Sectional Study from Turkey." Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions, 8, ss.65 - 72, 2021. 10.5152/ADDICTA.2021.21032 |
| ISNAD | AKÖZLÜ, Zeynep vd. "Internet Addiction and Stressors Causing InternetAddiction in Primary School Children during theCOVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and Cross Sectional Study from Turkey". Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions 8/1 (2021), 65-72. https://doi.org/10.5152/ADDICTA.2021.21032 |
