İNTERNET BAĞIMLILIĞI: SOSYAL VE DUYGUSAL YALNIZLIK

Yıl 2018, Cilt: 3 Sayı: 2, 389 - 397, 30.12.2018

Gazanfer Anlı

https://doi.org/10.21733/ibad.414862

Cited By: 11

Öz

İnternet
temelde bilgi paylaşımı ve iletişim amacıyla ortaya çıkmış olsa da özellikle
ergen ve genç yetişkinlerin internetin problemli ve aşırı kullanımı ile risk
altında oldukları tespit edilmiştir. Problemli internet kullanımı yüksek
düzeyde duygusal yalnızlık ve zayıf romantik ve arkadaşlık ilişkileri ile
bağlantılıdır. Ayrıca bazı araştırmalar internetin bireyleri sosyal
etkinliklerden alıkoyarak onların utangaçlık ve yalnızlık düzeylerini
arttırabildiği, aile ilişkilerini azalttığı ve bireylerin yerel sosyal çevrelerinin
boyutunu azaltabildiğini göstermiştir.

Bu
araştırma internet bağımlılığı ile sosyal ve duygusal yalnızlık arasındaki
ilişkiyi incelemek amacı ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırma 2015-2016 öğretim
yılında İstanbul’da bulunan Ümraniye Atakent Anadolu Lisesi’nde öğrenim gören
311 öğrenci ile yapılmıştır. 163’i kız ve 148’i erkek öğrenciden oluşan
örneklemin yaş ortalaması 15,36 bulunmuştur. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı
olarak İnternet Bağımlılığı Ölçeği ile Sosyal ve Duygusal Yalnızlık Ölçeği kullanılmıştır.
Yapılan korelasyon analizi sonucunda
internet bağımlılığının; sosyal ilişkilerde yalnızlık, duygusal ilişkilerde
yalnızlık, aile ilişkilerinde yalnızlık ile pozitif anlamda ilişkili olduğu
tespit edilmiştir. Yapılan çoklu regresyon analizinde sosyal ilişkilerde
yalnızlık ve duygusal ilişkilerde yalnızlığın modele özgün katkısı anlamlı
bulunmuş iken aile ilişkilerinde yalnızlığın modele özgün katkısı anlamlı
değildir. Sosyal ve duygusal yalnızlığın alt boyutları olan sosyal ilişkilerde
yalnızlık, duygusal ilişkilerde yalnızlık ve aile ilişkilerinde yalnızlık
toplam varyansın yaklaşık %11’ini açıklamaktadır. Buna göre sosyal ilişkilerde
yalnızlık ve duygusal ilişkilerde yalnızlık internet bağımlılığının
yordayıcılarından olup en güçlü yordayıcının duygusal ilişkilerde yalnızlık
olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

 

Anahtar Kelimeler

İnternet bağımlılığı, sosyal ve duygusal yalnızlık, çoklu regresyon analizi

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