“…According to the results of this and other research in the literature, the primary three reasons for connecting to the Internet are having fun/passing time, chatting, and education (Anderson, 2010;Balcı & Ayhan, 2007;Bayhan, 2011;Chen & Fu, 2009;Derin, 2013;Doruk, 2007;Gökçearslan & Günbatar, 2012;Günüç & Doğan 2013;İnan, 2010;Karaca, 2007;Morahan-Martin & Schumacher, 2000;Niemz, Griffiths, & Banyard, 2005;Toraman, 2013;Turnalar Kurtaran, 2008;Yılmaz, 2013;Yılmaz et al, 2014). In this research, adolescents' mean score for problematic Internet usage with regard to their reason for using it are as follows: the mean problematic Internet usage score for those who use the Internet to have fun/pass time is the highest (M = 68.90); the mean score for adolescents who use the Internet to communicate rank second (M = 68.39), and the mean score for adolescents who use the Internet to obtain information rank third (M = 53.89).…”