Omer SENORMANCI, Guliz SENORMANCI, Oya GUCLU, Ramazan KONKAN

Evaluation of Coping Strategies of Male Patients, Being Treated in Internet Addiction Outpatient Clinic in Turkey

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı erkek internet bağımlılarının başa çıkma tutumlarının sağlıklı gönüllülerdekilerle karşılaştırılmasıdır. Yöntem: İnternet bağımlılığı polikliniğimize başvuran, klinik olarak internet bağımlılığı tanısı alan elli erkek hasta ve benzer sosyodemografik özelliklere sahip internet bağımlılığı olmayan elli sağlıklı erkek çalışmaya alınmıştır. Hastalar sosyodemografik ve klinik veri formu, İnternet Bağımlılığı Testi (İBT), Beck Depresyon Envanteri (BDE) Başa Çıkma Tutumlarını Değerlendirme Ölçeği (COPE) ile değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: Hasta grubunun günlük internet kullanım süresi, İBT puanları ve BDE puanları kontrol grubuna göre istatistiksel olarak anlamlı yüksek bulunmuştur (p

Türkiye deki internet bağımlılığı polikliniğin- de tedavi edilen erkek hastalarda, başa çıkma tutumlarının değerlendirilmesi

Objective: The purpose of this study is to compare thecoping strategies of male internet addicts with a healthycontrol group.Methods: Fifty male patients presented to our internetaddiction outpatient clinic who were clinically diagnosedas internet addict and 50 healthy male without internetaddiction who had similar sociodemographic characteristicshave been included in the study. The patients wereassessed by sociodemographical and clinical interviewform, the Internet Addiction Test (IAT), the Beck DepressionInventory (BDI), and the Coping Inventory (COPE). Results: The mean daily duration of internet use, IAT scores,and BDI scores in the study group were significantly higherthan those of the control group (p

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