The Impact of Secondary School Students\\\' Digital Addiction on Their Perceptions of Moral Values in Digital Environments

Authors : Aysel Arslan

Pages : 1-33

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Publication Date : 2025-04-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :We aim to determine the effect of secondary school students\\\' digital addictions on their perceptions of moral values in the digital environment and to explore the relationship between students\\\' digital addictions and their perceptions of moral values in the digital environment with different variables in this study. The sample of the research consists of 736 (338 females - 398 males) students studying at the secondary school in a city center in the Central Anatolia Region in the spring semester of the 2022-2023 academic year. We collected data using the random data collection method, which is among the general survey methods, one of the quantitative research approaches. We used the \\\"Digital Game Addiction Scale for Children\\\" and \\\"Secondary School Students\\\' Perceptions of Moral Values in the Digital Environment Scale\\\" to obtain the data. We performed descriptive and normality analyses in the analysis of the data. Since it was assumed that the normality assumption was met, we used independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, Tukey test, Pearson Correlation analysis, SEM, and CFA, which are among the parametric tests. Considering the findings obtained as a result of the analysis; we revealed that the mean scores of the students differed significantly according to the variables of gender, grade level, and parental education levels (p <.05). Additionally, we have found that students\\\' digital addictions have a negative impact on students’ perceptions of moral values in digital environments.
Keywords : Dijital Bağımlılık, Dijital Ortam, Ahlaki Değer, Ortaokul, YEM.