SERBEST ZAMAN TUTUM KAPSAMINDA PROBLEMLİ İNTERNET KULLANIMI VE YALNIZLIK: REKREATİF AKTİVİTELERE KATILIM AÇISINDAN BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

Abstract

PROBLEMATIC INTERNET USAGE AND LONELINESS IN THE CONTEXT OF LEISURE TIME ATTITUDE: AN EVALUATION IN TERMS OF PARTICIPATION IN RECREATIVE ACTIVITIES

The aim of the present study is to find out the purpose and prevalence of the internet usage among physical education and sport students, and to study some individual variables such as loneliness in relation to. The sample consisted of 726 university students, 314 female and 412 male, from 4 state universities province of Izmir, Aydın, Manisa and Mugla in Turkey. The study data were collected with a Questionnaire Form, Problematic Internet Use Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3), The study data were analyzed with SPSS 16.00. Kruskal-Wallis Test, Mann Whitney U test, non parametric correlations were used for the data analysis. As a result of the research, there was a positive correlation between problematic Internet use and UCLA Loneliness Scale. In addition, the study findings showed that university students who were frequent Internet users, didn't participate in Recreation  activity and physical activities regularly and didn't have a social network account.

Key words: Recreation  activity, Physical Activity, Problematic Internet Use, Loneliness  and Sports.

ÖZET

Bu araştırmanın amacı, Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksek Okulu öğrencilerinin serbest zaman tutumları kapsamında problemli internet kullanımı ve yalnızlık ilişkilerinin rekreatif aktivitelere katılım açısından incelenmesidir. Araştırma Izmir, Aydın, Manisa ve Mugla’daki  4 devlet Üniversitesinde okuyan 314 kadın ve 412 erkek toplam 726 Besyo öğrencisi oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada anket formu, Problemli İnternet Kullanım Ölçeği, UCLA Yalnızlık Ölçeği 3. Versiyon kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde SPSS 16.00 paket programı, Mann-Whitney U Testi ve çoklu karsılaştırmalar için Kruskal-Wallis Varyans Analizi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın sonucunda, Problemli internet kullanımı ile yalnızlık arasında pozitif ilişki bulunmuştur. Rekreatif aktiviteye katılmayanların ve sosyal paylaşım hesabı olanların daha fazla intermet kullandıkları ortaya çıkmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Rekreatif Aktivite, Fiziksel Aktivite, Problemli internet Kullanımı, Yalnızlık ve Spor.

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