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- Title
Lise Öğrencilerinde İnternet Kullanma Süresinin Cinsiyet ve Psikiyatrik Belirtiler ile İliŞkisi.
- Authors
Kelleci, Meral; Güler, Nuran; Sezer, Hafize; Gölbası, Zehra
- Abstract
AIM: The present study aimed to investigate the duration of internet usage in relation with gender and psychiatric symptoms among high school students. METHODS: Sampling was performed by systematical sampling method and selecting 673 students with similar socio-economical status, claiming to have used the internet, from three high schools located in Sivas. Data were collected using "Individual's Questionnaire Form" and "Short Symptom's Inventory and analyzed in SPSS 13.0 software. For the statistical analyses frequency distribution, chi-square and MANOVA were used. RESULTS: In respect of the duration of internet usage there was a difference between the genders. For 5 h or above durations the percentage of female and male students were found to be 4.5% and 16.8%, respectively (p<0.001). Mean scores of the students' short symptom inventory were found to be statistically significant with respect to the gender and duration of the internet usage (p<0.001), whereas they were insignificant with respect to the interaction between gender and duration of the internet usage (p>0.05). CONCLUSION: According to short symptom inventory internet user students displayed similar psychological features except for the extent of inter-individual sensitivity. When, however the internet usage duration exceeded 2 h, both genders manifested similar rates of psychiatric symptoms.
- Publication
TAF Preventive Medicine Bulletin, 2009, Vol 8, Issue 3, p223
- ISSN
1303-734X
- Publication type
Academic Journal