The effects of technology use on working young loneliness and social relationships

Abstract

It has been determined that young who are weak in the social aspect fill these deficiencies by using the Internet and telephone.

Investigation of the Association Between Loneliness, Social Skill Levels and Internet Addiction in Junior High School Students’

“…In the literature, it was reported that loneliness mediated the association between shyness and problematic internet use and that shy young people may become an internet addict to avoid feeling lonely (Ang, Chan & Lee, 2018;Huan, Ang, Chong & Chye, 2014). In the present study, in line with the literature, it was found that as the level of IA increased so did the level of loneliness (Balhara, Mahapatra, Sharma & Bhargava, 2018;Costa et al, 2018;Parashkouh, Mirhadian, EmamiSigaroudi, Leili & Karimi, 2018;Yayan et al, 2019).…”

“…This situation which affects students' social life skills and academic success can lead to attention problems, social anxiety or anxiety disorder, withdrawal, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, hypochondriac and phobic diseases (Kuss et al, 2014;Potembska et al, 2019;WHO, 2014). In the literature, it has been reported that adolescents with IA suffer from sleep problems, decreased sleep quality, low quality of life, inadequacy in social skills, emotional or behavioral problems, loneliness, communication problems with peers and other physical or psychosocial health problems (Bhandari et al, 2017;Chou, Huang, Chang, Chen, Hu & Yen, 2017;Klar et al, 2019;Lee et al, 2014;Vadher et al, 2019;WHO, 2014;Yayan, Suna Dag & Duken, 2019). The present study conducted to investigate the association between IA, social skills and loneliness levels in junior high school students and to determine the factors affecting their IA levels was aimed at contributing to educational planning for adolescents.…”

“…Humanistic Perspective Cilt/Volume:3, Sayı/Issue:1, 2021 common gap in their personal and social skills (Gómez et al, 2017). Adolescents who were shy and had low social relations and low life satisfactions try to cover up their deficiency by using the internet or a mobile phone (Costa, Patrão & Machado, 2018;Kilic et al, 2016;Kuss et al, 2014;Yayan et al, 2019). In the literature, it was reported that loneliness mediated the association between shyness and problematic internet use and that shy young people may become an internet addict to avoid feeling lonely (Ang, Chan & Lee, 2018;Huan, Ang, Chong & Chye, 2014).…”

Academic Procrastination and Social Anxiety as Predictive Variables Internet Addiction of Adolescents

“…Due to the effects of the general development characteristics of adolescence on the individual (Arisoy, 2009;Cunningham, Gulliver, Farrer, Bennett, & Carron-Arthur, 2014;Ögel, 2014;Machado, Bruck, Cat, Soares, & Silva, 2018) focuses more attention on internet addiction, which is described as a kind of behavior problem and causes the formation of various psychological symptoms (Arisoy, 2009;Caplan, 2006;Çetin & Ceyhan, 2014;Ögel, 2014;McCord, Rodebaugh, & Levinson, 2014;Machado et al, 2018;Vries, Nakamae, Fukui, Denys, & Narumoto, 2018;Tahiroğlu, Çelik, Bahali, & Avci, 2010). When the literature is analyzed in the literature, it is stated that internet use triggers a high level of emotional loneliness in individuals (Odaci & Kalkan, 2010) and low rates of positive emotions (Koç, 2017); shyness in adolescents (Ayas, 2012), loneliness (Batigün & Hasta, 2010;Esen & Siyez, 2011;Ümmet & Ekşi, 2016), anxiety (Evren, Dalbudak, Evren, & Çiftçi-Demirci, 2014;Jie et al, 2014) recently fear of missing developments in social settings , state of violence (Yayan, Suna-Dağ, & Düken, 2019), social appearance anxiety (Tras, Öztemel, & Baltaci, 2019), depression (Cheung, Chan, Lui, Tsui, & Chan, 2018), attempted suicide (Chang et al, 2015) There are studies showing that Also in other studies; sitting disorders, contractions and eye disorders in adolescents (Akbulut, 2013) insomnia, intense loss of will that occurs with the meaninglessness of life (Nalwa & Anand, 2003), extreme fatigue (Lam, Peng, Mai, & Jing, 2009), eating problems (Canan, 2016), weakening of the immune system (Cao & Su, 2006), mental disorders (Kratzer ...…”

An examination of smartphone addiction and loneliness among high school students according to various variables: A sample from Turkey

“…Such studies stress that adolescents become increasingly lonelier by spending less and less time on themselves, their family, and friends, sacrificing all of this because of their smartphone addiction. [10][11][12] Studies have shown that the period of adolescence, the time in childhood in which psychosocial development is at its most sensitive level, makes an adolescent especially vulnerable to the negative effects of smartphone addiction. [9][10][11][12] It is vital that the factors that have an impact on smartphone addiction among adolescents are identified and that protective intervention programs are developed in light of this information.…”