Mehmet ÇAKICI, Asra BABAYİĞİT, Meryem KARAAZİZ, Özlem CUMHUR

The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Facebook Addiction: Does Facebook Addiction is Related with Depression and PTSD?

Objective: Studies show that Facebook usage has negative effects on depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dependencies. In this study, the relationship between probable Facebook addiction with PTSD, depression and sociodemographic variables in North Cyprus (NC) was investigated. Methods: The study was applied between May and June 2016. Sample of the study consists of the individuals between 18 and 88 years living in NC. Multi-stage stratified quota was used in the survey and 982 people were selected according to the 2011 census. The evaluation tool consists of the sociodemographic data, Traumatic Stress Symptom Scale, Facebook Addiction Scale and Beck Depression Inventory. Analyzes of findings were done by comparing the two groups: Probable Facebook addicted individual (PFAI) and Facebook non-addicted individual (FNAI). In the analysis of the data, chisquare test, logistic regression and correlation analysis were used. Results: In the study, PFAI was determined as 35.7%. Probable major depression current prevalence was 23.5% and prevalence of probable PTSD was found as 19%.Depression and PTSD were found to be higher in PFAI than FNAI. The risk of Facebook dependence is more prevalent among the individuals without substance use, young, unmarried and non-childbearing people, and without any physical illness participants. Conclusion: Depression and PTSD is more prevalent among PFAI, similar with drug addiction researches. The reason of high Facebook level of use among these people may be suggested that Facebook addiction is a form of behavior that arises as a means of self-healing to get rid of negative affect. (Anatolian Journal of Psychiatry 2020; 21(3):245-252)

Facebook Bağımlılığının Yaygınlığı ve Risk Etkenleri: Facebook Bağımlılığı Depresyon ve TSSB ile İlişkili Midir?

Amaç: Çalışmalar Facebook kullanımının depresyon, travma sonrası stres bozukluğu (TSSB) ve bağımlılık üzerinde negatif etkilerinin olduğunu göstermiştir. Bu çalışmada Kuzey Kıbrıs’taki olası Facebook bağımlılığı ile TSSB, depresyon ve sosyodemografik değişkenler arasındaki ilişki incelenmiştir. Yöntem: Çalışma Mayıs-Haziran 2016 tarihinde yapılmıştır. Çalışmanın örneklemini 18-88 yaşları arasındaki Kuzey Kıbrıs’ta yaşayan bireyler oluşturmuştur. Araştırmada çok tabakalı örnekleme yöntemi kullanılmış ve 2011 nüfus sayımına göre 982 kişi seçilmiştir. Değerlendirme araçları sosyodemografik veriler, Travmatik Stres Belirti Ölçeği, Facebook Bağımlılık Ölçeği ve Beck Depresyon Ölçeğinden oluşmuştur. Bulguların analizi olası Facebook bağımlılığı olan bireyler (OFBB) ve Facebook bağımlılığı olmayan bireyler (FBOB) olmak üzere iki grup karşılaştırılarak yapılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde ki-kare testi, lojistik regresyon ve korelasyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Çalışmada, olası Facebook bağımlılığı %35.7 oranında saptanmıştır. Olası majör depresyon nokta yaygınlığı %23.5 ve olası TSSB yaygınlığı %19 oranında bulunmuştur. Depresyon ve TSSB’nin, OFBB’de FBOB’ye göre daha yüksek olduğu bulunmuştur. Facebook bağımlılığında bireylerin genç olması, madde kullanmaması, bekar olması, çocuğunun olmaması ve herhangi fiziksel hastalığının bulunmaması risk etkenleri olarak saptanmıştır. Sonuç: Psikoaktif madde bağımlılığı araştırmalarına benzer şekilde, OFBB grubunda depresyon ve TSSB daha yaygındır. Bu kişiler arasında Facebook kullanımının yüksek olmasının nedeni, Facebook kullanımının olumsuz etkilerden kurtulmak için iyileştirme aracı olarak kullanılabilmesidir. (Anadolu Psikiyatri Derg 2020; 21(3):245-252)

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