INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' PROBLEM USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND COGNITIVE DISCLAIMERS IN TERMS OF VARIOUS VARIABLES Cover Image

LİSE ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN PROBLEMLİ SOSYAL MEDYA KULLANIMI VE BİLİŞSEL ÇARPITMALARI ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN ÇEŞİTLİ DEĞİŞKENLER AÇISINDAN İNCELENEMESİ
INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' PROBLEM USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND COGNITIVE DISCLAIMERS IN TERMS OF VARIOUS VARIABLES

Author(s): Osman Keleş, Yüksel Eroğlu
Subject(s): Media studies, School education, Social Informatics, Sociology of Education
Published by: Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Keywords: Cognitive distortions; high school students; problematic social media use; social media;

Summary/Abstract: In this study, it was aimed to determine whether there is a relationship between high school students' problematic social media use and cognitive distortions. The research group consisted of 419 students studying in different high schools of Bingöl Province. Convenience sampling method was preferred in the sample of the research group. Personal information form, thinking types scale and social media disorder scale were used as data collection tools in this study. Independent t-test, pearson correlation analysis, ANOVA, and multiple linear regression analysis were used to analyze the data. As a result of the research, it was determined that the use of problematic social media did not show a significant difference according to gender, but the use of problematic social media differed significantly according to age. In addition, as a result of the research, it was determined that cognitive distortions of catastrophizing and labeling significantly predicted problematic social media use, and cognitive distortions showed a significant difference in favor of girls according to gender. It was found that there was a significant difference according to age in terms of cognitive distortions. According to the findings of this research, it has been determined that there is a positive and significant relationship between cognitive distortion and problematic social media use.

  • Issue Year: 12/2022
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 297-310
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Turkish