Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti’nde Öğrenim Gören Lisans Öğrencilerinin Akıllı Telefon Bağımlılıklarının İncelenmesi

Akıllı telefonların hayatımıza dahil olduğu 1990’lı yıllardan bugüne küresel marketin de aracılığıyla tüm dünyada dikkate alınacak oranda takip edilmekte ve sahiplenilmektedir. İçinde bulunduğumuz teknoloji çağında insan hayatını kolaylaştıran ürünlerin olumlu ve olumsuz etkileri bilinmekte ve geniş çaplı olarak araştırılmaktadır. Bu araştırmanın amacı, akıllı telefonlardan en çok etkilenen gruplardan biri olan lisans öğrencilerinin akıllı telefon bağımlılık düzeylerini ölçmektir. Araştırma; Şar ve diğerleri (2015) tarafından geliştirilen, dört faktörlü, 30 maddeli ve 5’li Likert tip olan Akıllı Telefon Bağımlılığı Ölçeği kullanılarak, yerleşkesi Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti’nde bulunan Girne Amerikan Üniversitesi’nde yürütülmüştür. Ölçeğe ait faktörlerden en yüksek bağımlılık değerleri Kendini Rahatlatma faktöründe, en düşük bağımlılık değerleri ise Kullanımı Engelleyememe faktöründe ölçülmüştür. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre katılımcıların; cinsiyet, GSM operatör tercihi, internet paketi, öğrenim görülen fakülte ve aylık kişisel harcama değişkenleri ve akıllı telefon bağımlılık düzeylerinde anlamlı fark tespit edilmemiştir. Diğer taraftan; yaş, eğitim görülen sınıf düzeyi, aylık telefon faturası için ödenen tutar, telefon değiştirme sıklığı, telefon değiştirme nedeni, kullanılan telefonun markası, telefon markasının tercih edilme nedeni, telefonu kullanma amacı ve tercih edilen sosyal medya sitelerine ve akıllı telefon bağımlılık düzeyi ile anlamlı fark tespit edilmiştir. Yaş arttıkça bağımlılığın azaldığı, ikinci sınıf öğrencilerinde bağımlığın yüksek düzeyde olduğu, telefon değitirme sıklığı ve aylık yüksek telefon faturasının bağımlılıkla doğru orantılı olduğu, telefon değiştirme nedeni ile tercih edilen telefon markası ve marka tercih nedenin bağımlılığın göstergeleri olduğu, telefon kullanım amacı ile en çok tercih edilen sosyal medya sitelerinin de bağımlılıkla doğrudan ilişkisi olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Ölçeğin tüm faktörleri arasında olumlu yönde ve orta düzeyde bir ilişki tespit edilmiştir. Katılımcıların kendini rahatlatmak için akıllı telefon kullanımında muhtemel bir artışın, fiziksel engelleri, çevreyle etkileşimi ve kullanımı engelleyememe durumlarını da arttıracağı tespit edilmiştir. Örneklemi oluşturuan 435 lisans öğrencisine uygulanan ölçek sonucunda, araştırma örnekleminin akıllı telefon bağımlılığı orta düzey bulunmuştur.

Examining Undergraduates’ Smartphone Addiction Studying in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Within the help of the global market, smartphones are followed and owned by a considerable population since they started to take part in our lives in the 1990s. The technology era now that we are in, the positive and negative effects of products that simplify mankind’s lives are well known and widely examined. This research purpose is to measure smartphone addiction levels of the undergraduates, as they are considered one of the major groups that are affected by these devices. The research was conducted at the Girne American University located in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, by using the Smartphone Addiciton Scale developed by Şar et al. (2015), which has four sub-dimensions, with 30 items, and a 5 point Likert scale. The highest addiction level was measured in the Relieving Onself sub-dimension and the lowest addiction level was measured in the Unrestrainable Use sub-dimension. According to findings; no significant difference was found between smartphone addiction and participants’gender, GSM operator preference, internet pack, department and monthly expenses. On the contrary, a significant difference was found between smartphone addiction and participants’ age, academic grade level, monthly phone bill, frequency of renewing the device and the reason to renew the device, the brand of the device and the preference to chose that device, the purpose to use the device and the preferences of the social networking sites that are engaged. The findings clarified that, the smartphone addiction level decreases when the age increases, Sophomores were more addicted, the frequency of renewing the device and high phone bills were directly related to smartphone addiction, the reason to renew the device and the brand of the device with its preference were regarded as the signs of addiction, the purpose of the usage and the preference of social networking sites were directly connected to smartphone addiction. A positive and mid-level of correlation was measured within all subdimensions of the scale. A possible increase in the participants’ smartphone usage is likely to increase their physical barriers, interaction with their surroundings and their unstrainable use. The smartphone addictionwas found to be at a mid-level, and the participants were classified as ‘habitual smartphone users’ after the scale applied to the sample of 435 undergraduates.

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