Problematic Internet Use and Stress Levels in Students of Health and Social Sciences.

Background: Internet use has become increasingly widespread among young people throughout the world. Uncontrolled and excessive use of the internet by university students can cause serious harm to health. Young people commonly face both physical and psychological harm from long-term Internet use or...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Caring Sciences Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 438 - 448
Autores principales: Unsar, Serap, Akgun Kostak, Melahat, Yilmaz, Sevil, Ozdinc, Sevgi, Selda, Ozturk, Sinan Unsar, Agah
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Publicado: International Journal of Caring Sciences Jan-Apr2020
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          Unsar, Serap
          Akgun Kostak, Melahat
          Yilmaz, Sevil
          Ozdinc, Sevgi
          Selda, Ozturk
          Sinan Unsar, Agah
        affil: PhD Professor, Trakya University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Nursing, Edirne, Turkey
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          Internet Addiction Complications
          Stress Risk Factors
          Education, Health Sciences
          Social Sciences Education
          Students, College Psychosocial Factors
          Risk Assessment
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          Male
          Female
          Descriptive Research
          Turkiye
          Descriptive Statistics
          Time Factors
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          Students, Nursing
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          Kruskal-Wallis Test
          Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient
          Comparative Studies
          Alcohol Drinking
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      ab: Background: Internet use has become increasingly widespread among young people throughout the world. Uncontrolled and excessive use of the internet by university students can cause serious harm to health. Young people commonly face both physical and psychological harm from long-term Internet use or Internet addiction. Objective: This study aims to determine the relationship between Internet use and stress levels in university students and the factors affecting them. Methodology: This descriptive study was conducted with a total of 433 students from the Nursing, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Departments of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Business and Labor Economics of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in Turkey. Results: The study found that the average duration of students' Internet use per week was 23.1±20.1 hours. The students' average Online Cognitive Scale (OCS) and average Stress Scale (SS) scores were 85.3±32.9 and 17.9±10.2, respectively. The OCS scores of the nursing students were lower than those of the Business Administration students (p<.005). There was a significant negative correlation between the students' university year, age, and OCS score (p<.001). The study found a significant positive correlation between the students' OCS and SS scores and both daily and weekly amounts of Internet use (p<.005). Stress levels and Internet addiction levels increased as the duration of Internet usage increased. Conclusions: This study determined that student stress levels and Internet addiction levels increased as the duration of their Internet usage increased, and that stress and Internet addiction levels decreased as their ages and university years increased.
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