Investigation of The Relationship Between Social Skills, Emotion Regulation, and Internet Addiction of Middle School Students

Authors : Haydeh Faraji, Aysu Fidan

Pages : 1-33

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Publication Date : 2024-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This research aimed to investigate the relationship between middle school students\\\' social skills, emotion regulation, and internet addiction. The study included 448 middle school students. The \\\"Internet Addiction Test (IAT),\\\" \\\" The Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters (MESSY),\\\" \\\" The Regulation of Emotions Questionnaire (REQ) for Adolescents \\\" and \\\"Socio-Demographic Information Form\\\" were utilized. The data anaylsed with SPSS 25 by Independent Samples T-Test, ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis H-test Multiple Linear Regression and the PROCESS 3.5 macro. Emotion regulation predicts internet addiction. Moreover, a significant relationship was found between social skills and emotion regulation. While positive social behaviors did not predict internet addiction, negative social behaviors showed a prediction. External-dysfunctional and internal-dysfunctional emotion regulation partially mediated the relationship between social skills and internet addiction through negative social behaviors. Also a negative relationship found between parental internet supervision and internet addiction and negative social behaviours. There were positive relationship between parental internet supervision and internal emotion regulation. The results reveal that supporting the development of social skills and emotional regulation skills of middle school students’ and providing family supervision about internet use to them may be beneficial in preventing internet addiction.
Keywords : internet bağımlılığı, sosyal beceriler, duygu düzenleme, orta okul öğrencisi