Predictive Power of Leisure Boredom on Social Media Addiction in University Students

Authors : Aylin UGURLU

Pages : 939-951

Doi:10.38021/asbid.1265805

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Publication Date : 2023-09-28

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :People have become active users of Internet and social media applications going into every aspect of life. The purpose of this study was to investigate social media addiction and perception of boredom in leisure with respect to some variables and to examine the predictive power of perception of boredom in leisure on social media addiction. There was a total of 453 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(212 females and 241 males); university students selected with convenience sampling method in the study group of the research. The participants filled the “Social Media Addiction Scale-Adult Form” insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SMAS-AF); and “The Leisure Boredom Scale” insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(LBS);. According to t-test results, there was not a statistically significant difference between mean scores in “SMAS-AF” and “LBS” scales. insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p>0.01);. MANOVA indicated that the main effect of the physical activity participation on the subscales of the “SMAS-AF” and “LBS” was statistically significant insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p< 0.05);. According to the MANOVA results, significant differences were found in the \`SMAS-AF\` and “LBS” for daily social media usage frequency, insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p< 0.01);. According to the results of the correlation test, there was a statistically significant between “SMAS-AF” and “LBS”. Regression analysis indicated that leisure boredom were significant predictors of social media addiction.
Keywords : Sanal tolerans, sanal iletişim, serbest zamanlarda sıkılma algısı