Investigation of smartphone addiction levels of Turkish pre-service teachers with regards to various variables

Abstract

This research aims to determine the smartphone addiction levels of Turkish pre-service teachers. In this study, a relational screening model, which is one of the quantitative research methods, was used. The study group consists of 178 pre-service teachers studying at a State University in the West of Turkey. Smartphone Addiction Scale adapted to Turkish by Demirci, Orhan, Demirdas, Akpınar and Sert (2014) were used in the research. Data analysis in the research was done through the SPSS 25 package program. Descriptive statistical analysis, t-test and ANOVA statistical analysis and correlation analysis were performed on the data obtained in the study. When the findings obtained from the research are examined, it is seen that the pre-service Turkish Teacher candidates use their smart phones more than they planned; female pre-service teachers' have higher smartphone addiction levels than male pre-service teachers'. There is a significant difference between pre-service teachers' smartphone addiction levels and their gender, age, economic status, place where they spend most of their lives, education level of parents, parental professions, grade averages, class levels, the number of books they read, and the time they spend on social media and the Internet.

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“…As the time spent by the students on smartphones increased, their smartphone addiction increased. Similar results have been reported in previous studies (Geçgel, 2020;Yaran, 2020). Tanhan (2020) in a quite new and innovative qualitative study called Online Photovoice (OPV) found that college students reporting technology addiction during the COVID-19 pandemic as one of the most important barriers to their mental health.…”

Ortaokul Öğrencilerinde Akıllı Telefon Bağımlılığı, Algılanan Anne Baba Tutumu, Sosyal Dışlanma ve Akademik Özyeterlilik - Smartphone Addiction, Perceived Parental Attitude, Social Exclusion and Academic Self-Efficacy in Secondary School Students

“…Benzer şekilde (Belli, 2018;Güngör ve Koçak, 2020) ergenlerin akıllı telefon bağımlılık düzeyleri ile akıllı telefon kullanım süreleri arasında pozitif ilişki bulgulamış ve akıllı telefon bağımlılığı puanları kullanım süresi 5 saat ve fazla olan ergenlerde daha yüksek bulgulanmıştır. Bağımlılık yapıcı ile uzun zaman harcanması bağımlılık oluşumuna sebebiyet verdiği düşünülürse literatürde benzer sonuçlara ulaşan çalışmalara rastlanması olağandır (Aljomaa vd., 2016;Dirik, 2016;Çakır ve Oğuz, 2017;Çetiner, 2020;Geçgel, 2020;Çiçek vd., 2021;Kapudere, 2020). Akıllı telefon kullanım süresi bağımlılık geliştirme üzerinde etkili bir faktördür (Akkaş, 2019).…”

The Relationship between Technology Addiction and Attitude toward Reading: An Investigation on Pre-Service Teachers

“…The studies conducted in the literature show that pre-service teachers who read more books have lower technology addiction [ 37 ]. In addition, there are also results that as the rate of reading books by pre-service teachers decreases, their interest in technology increases and negatively affects health [ 37 , 38 ].…”

“…The studies conducted in the literature show that pre-service teachers who read more books have lower technology addiction [ 37 ]. In addition, there are also results that as the rate of reading books by pre-service teachers decreases, their interest in technology increases and negatively affects health [ 37 , 38 ]. In this context, teachers raising future generations should also have reading habits because a teacher should show exemplary role-model behaviors to their students.…”