The Relationships Among Perceived Ostracism, Perveived Social Exclusion and Internet Usage Habits: The Role of Self-Compassion

Year 2024, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 398 - 418, 30.09.2024

Mehmet Kavaklı , Orhan Aydın

https://doi.org/10.48139/aybukulliye.1389292

Abstract

Despite the many advantages associated with internet usage, individuals can develop a degree of addiction that may impede their professional obligations and personal commitments while also detrimentally affecting their physical and psychological well-being. Exclusion is a variable that has the potential to contribute to heightened levels of internet usage or the development of internet addiction. In contrast, self-compassion is an inherent characteristic that can function as a protective factor against adverse behavioural and emotional responses that may arise from unfavourable life circumstances. Given the aforementioned context, the objective of this research is to investigate the potential mediating role of self-compassion on the association between perceived ostracism and perceived social exclusion, and internet addiction. The study population comprised 457 university students enrolled at a public university in Turkey. The data-collecting process involved the utilisation of a demographic information form, the Self-Compassion Scale, the Internet Addiction Scale, and the Social Exclusion Scale. The findings indicated a positive correlation between internet addiction and both perceived ostracism and perceived social exclusion. In contrast, self-compassion exhibits a negative correlation with internet addiction, perceived ostracism, and perceived social exclusion. The present study employed structural equation modelling to conduct a mediation analysis, which indicated that self-compassion serves as a full mediator in the association between perceived ostracism, perceived social exclusion, and internet addiction.

Keywords

Ostracism, Social exclusion, Internet addiction, self compassion

Algılanan Psikolojik Dışlanma ve Sosyal Dışlanma ile İnternet Kullanma Alışkanlıkları Arasındaki İlişki: Öz Duyarlığın Rolü

Abstract

İnternet kullanımının birçok avantajı olmasına rağmen, bazen kişilerin işlerini ve sorumluluklarını aksatacak, fiziksel ve psikolojik sağlıklarına zarar verebilecek bir bağımlılık seviyesine ulaşma potansiyeli bulunmaktadır. Aşırı internet kullanımına veya internet bağımlılığına yol açma olasılığı yüksek değişkenlerden biri dışlanmadır. Öz duyarlık ise olumsuz yaşam olaylarının ortaya çıkarabileceği olumsuz davranışsal ve duygusal tepkileri önleyici bir tampon işlevi görebilecek bir bireysel özelliktir. Bu noktadan hareketle, algılanan psikolojik dışlanma ve algılanan sosyal dışlanma ile internet bağımlılığı arasındaki olası ilişkide öz duyarlılığın aracı değişken olarak rol oynayıp oynamadığının incelenmesi bu araştırmanın amacıdır. Araştırmanın örneklemini Türkiye’de bir devlet üniversitesinde eğitim gören toplamda 457 üniversite öğrencisi oluşturmuştur. Veri toplama amacıyla kişisel bilgi formu, Öz Duyarlık Ölçeği, İnternet Bağımlılığı Ölçeği ve Sosyal Dışlanma Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Sonuçlar internet bağımlılığının hem algılanan psikolojik dışlanma hem de algılanan sosyal dışlanma ile pozitif yönde ilişkili olduğunu göstermiştir. Öz duyarlık ise internet bağımlılığı ve algılanan psikolojik ve sosyal dışlanma ile negatif yönde ilişkilidir. Yapısal eşitlik modeli ile yürütülen aracılık analizi sonuçları algılanan psikolojik dışlanma ve algılanan sosyal dışlanma ile internet bağımlılığı arasındaki ilişkide öz duyarlığın tam aracı rolü olduğunu göstermiştir.

Keywords

psikolojik dışlanma, sosyal dışlanma, internet bağımlılığı, öz duyarlık

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