International Journal of New Trends in Arts, Sports & Science Education

Yazarlar: Murat ÖZŞAKER, R. Ferudun DORAK, Nilgün VURGUN, Sevil ULUDAĞ

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Recreation  activity,Physical Activity,Problematic Internet Use,Loneliness  and Sports

Özet: 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.

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