From the Perspective of Loneliness and Cognitive Absorption Internet Addiction as Predictor and Predicted

Vehbi Celik; Etem Yesilyurt; Ozgen Korkmaz; Ertugrul Usta

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2014.23560a

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Vehbi Celik ¹, Etem Yesilyurt ¹, Ozgen Korkmaz ² ^* , Ertugrul Usta ³

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¹ Mevlana University, TURKEY² Amasya University, TURKEY³ Necmettin Erbakan University, TURKEY^* Corresponding Author

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In this research internet addiction has been dealt with as predictor and predicted variable, this situation has been analyzed from the perspectives of loneliness and cognitive absorption and a tangible model has been put forth. Participant group has been constituted by 338 teacher candidates. Research data were collected using loneliness scale (α=.96), cognitive absorption scale (α=.90) and internet addiction scale (α=.95). On the data that was obtained; structural equation model were used. As a result: Loneliness levels of candidate teachers have significant and positive direction effect on internet addiction. On the other hand internet addiction of teacher candidates affects their loneliness levels in positive direction and significantly.

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loneliness
cognitive absorption
Internet addiction
teacher training

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 10, Issue 6, 2014, 581-594

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Celik V, Yesilyurt E, Korkmaz O, Usta E. From the Perspective of Loneliness and Cognitive Absorption Internet Addiction as Predictor and Predicted. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2014;10(6):581-94. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.23560a

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Celik V, Yesilyurt E, Korkmaz O, Usta E. From the Perspective of Loneliness and Cognitive Absorption Internet Addiction as Predictor and Predicted. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2014;10(6), 581-594. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.23560a

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Celik, Vehbi, Etem Yesilyurt, Ozgen Korkmaz, and Ertugrul Usta. "From the Perspective of Loneliness and Cognitive Absorption Internet Addiction as Predictor and Predicted". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2014 10 no. 6 (2014): 581-594. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.23560a

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Celik, V., Yesilyurt, E., Korkmaz, O., and Usta, E. (2014). From the Perspective of Loneliness and Cognitive Absorption Internet Addiction as Predictor and Predicted. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 10(6), pp. 581-594. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.23560a

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Celik, Vehbi et al. "From the Perspective of Loneliness and Cognitive Absorption Internet Addiction as Predictor and Predicted". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 10, no. 6, 2014, pp. 581-594. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.23560a