Evaluation of Primary School Students’ Internet Addiction in Line with Parents’ Opinions
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18059435Keywords:
Internet addiction, parental supervision, child and adolescent healthAbstract
This study aims to reveal the relationships between the internet addiction status of primary school students and the parental characteristics that affect it. In the study, which was conducted based on a relational survey model, data were collected from the parents of 150 students in the 4th grade of a public school. The data collected through the Parent-Child Internet Addiction Scale and personal information form were transformed into findings using nonparametric statistical analysis methods. The findings were obtained; firstly, it was shown that there were no internet-addicted children in the group. Limited symptoms were detected in approximately 5% of the children. In addition, it was concluded that there was a significant relationship between children's internet addiction levels and parents' behaviors of directing their children to social activities, setting rules, and supervising their children's internet use. On the other hand, the relationship between the general education level of the parents, their level of education about internet addiction, and their role model behaviors about technology and internet use, and their children's internet addiction levels could not be established.
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