Affiliation:
1. BİLKENT ERZURUM LABORATUVAR OKULU
Abstract
In this study, it was examined whether there is a relationship between adolescents' information technology use and basic psychological needs levels with some demographic characteristics of adolescents and their frequency of social media use. In addition, it was aimed to determine whether adolescents' basic psychological needs predict their use of technology. In this study, relational survey model, one of the quantitative research techniques, was used. Personal Information Form (PIF), Information Technology Use Scale (ITUS) and Need Satisfaction Scale (NSS) were used in the study. The data were collected from 508 adolescents in secondary education institutions in Mamak and Çubuk districts of Ankara province and Tarsus and Yenişehir districts of Mersin province during the 2019-2020 academic year. The relationship between the average scores of the adolescents on the NSS and the ITUS and their ages, number of siblings and grade point averages were analysed. Significant positive and negative relationships were found between the social networks used by adolescents (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Tiktok, WhatsApp), basic psychological needs and information technology use. It was determined that the scores obtained from the Information Technologies Usage Scale were predicted by age and basic psychological needs.
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