| Sumario: | Objective: This study was aimed to determine the internet addiction levels of nursing students in the adolescent group studying at a university, and to determine the effect of the mindfulness-based psycho education program applied to students with high levels of addiction on internet addiction and awareness. Methods: This research was conducted with adolescent nursing students from a nursing faculty in the fall semester of 2023-2024 in Northern Cyprus. This research was conducted in two stages. The first stage was descriptive and the second stage was quasi-experimental with a one-group pretest and posttest design. In the first stage, the students whose 'Internet Addiction (IA) Scale' mean scores were in the 'dependent' and 'risk' group were included in the quasi-experimental study by forming the study group (n=26). Then, 8 sessions of the mindfulness-based psycho education program were applied to the students once a week in a classroom. The data were analyzed with SPSS 25.0 program after the post-test. Results: There was a statistical difference between the mean pre-test score and the mean post-test score of the 'internet addiction scale' (IA Scale p=0.001; Cohen's d=0.39; MAAS p=0,001; Cohen's d=0,52). It was concluded that mindfulness education given by students was effective in reducing internet addiction. Conclusion: It was concluded that mindfulness education given by nurses was effective in reducing internet addiction.
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