INTERNET ADDICTION RESEARCH IN THE SCHOOL OF VOCATIONAL STUDIES: EVIDENCE FROM TURKEY

8th International Scientific Conference - SGEM2008, www.sgem.org, SGEM2008 Conference Proceedings/ ISBN: 954-918181-2, June 16-20, 2008, Vol. 2, 651-654 pp

ABSTRACT

As a growing trend in the world, internet-based remote education both in governmental
and private education institutes is getting popular in Turkey as it is to be all over the
world. Internet-based education models give learners the chance to interact with the
system. The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between personality and
internet addiction of the students of Vocational school in a few of private University in
Istanbul, Turkey. There is a significant correlation between the student’ personality
which are depicted via adjective checklist and the student’ internet addiction. Adjective
Check List (ACL) items consist of adjectives which are words and/or phrases used for
daily descriptions in Turkish Language. The scale composed of 25 items is examined
for psychometric properties and internal consistency. In this research, Internet Addiction
Inventory and ACL were conducted at the same time to a sample of 254 students of
School of Vocational Studies. Internet addiction and personality correlates of ACL are
of interest on two counts. It is important to know what variables may be confounded
with tendency of internet usage.

Keywords: internet addiction, adjective checklist, vocational studies