Lise Öğrencilerinde İnternet Bağımlılığı ve Depresyonun Cinsiyet, Akademik Başarı ve İnternete Giriş Süreleri Açısından İncelenmesi
A Study on Internet Addiction and Depression Among High School Students due to Gender, Academic Success and Internet Usage Duration

Summary/Abstract: Aim of this academic study is to examine and evaluate internet addiction and depression in terms of gender, academic success and times being spent on the internet among high school students. This research is based on 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students on the academic year of 2016 – 2017 in schools of Northern Cyprus Turkish Republic. The population of the research is consisted of 85 female (42.5%), 115 male (57,5%), a total of 200 students. In the research, as a means of gathering information, Beck Depression Scale (BDS) and Internet Addiction Among Youth has been created and used by the researchers. Methods of ANOVA, t, and correlation test technique has been used to analyze data. As a result of the analyze, we concluded that internet addiction level does not vary according to gender; however, level of depression varies significantly. Depression level of female showed being significantly higher compared to depression level of male subjects. When we look at the academic success of the participants, it has been determined that, there are significant differences. In case of internet addiction, academic success varies significantly between a little bad and good ones. Some participants have over 8 hours of time spent in a day on the internet, and it has been determined that level of addiction among participants who spend 5 to 8 hours on the internet compared to participants who spend 1 to 3 hours on the internet in a day. We concluded that there is a positive correlation between depression and internet addiction.

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