The mediating effect of social media addiction on the relationship between leisure boredom and loneliness

This study aimed to examine the mediating effect of social media addiction on the relationship between leisure boredom and loneliness. A total of 330 high school students in Istanbul, 212 male (64.2%) and 118 female (35.8%), participated in the study voluntarily. In the study, the "Leisure Boredom Scale" developed by Iso-Ahola and Weissinger (1990) to measure participants' perceptions of boredom in their leisure, the "UCLA Loneliness Scale" developed by Peplau and Cutrona (1980) to measure loneliness level, and the "Social Media Addiction scale for Adolescents" developed by Eijnden, Lemmens and Valkenburg (2016) to measure the social media addiction level, were used as data collection tools. The convenience sampling method, which is one of the random sampling methods, was used in the sample selection and the face-to-face survey technique was preferred. In the analysis of the obtained data, descriptive statistics via the SPSS package program, Pearson Correlation, and regression analysis of the indirect impact approach based on the Bootstrap method via PROCESS v3.5 macro were performed. As a result, it was observed that leisure boredom had statistically significant effects on social media addiction and loneliness, and social media addiction on loneliness. Besides, regarding the main aim of the research, it was determined that social media addiction had a mediating effect on the relationship between leisure boredom and loneliness. ​Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. Özet Bu çalışmanın amacı serbest zamanda sıkılma algısı ile yalnızlık arasındaki ilişkide sosyal medya bağımlılığının aracı etkisinin incelenmesidir. Araştırma grubunu İstanbul’da lise düzeyinde öğrenim gören gönüllü olarak katılım sağlayan 212 erkek (%64,2), ve 118 kadın (%35,8) olmak üzere toplam 330 kişi oluşturmaktadır. Çalışmada katılımcıların serbest zamanlarında sıkılma algılarını ölçmek amacıyla Iso-Ahola ve Weissinger (1990) tarafından geliştirilen Boş Zaman Can Sıkıntısı Ölçeği, yalnızlık düzeyini ölçmek amacıyla Peplau and Cutrona (1980) tarafından geliştirilen UCLA Yalnızlık Ölçeği ve sosyal medya bağımlılık düzeylerini ölçmek amacıyla Eijnden, Lemmens ve Valkenburg (2016) tarafından geliştirilen Ergenler İçin Sosyal Medya Bağımlılığı Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Örneklem seçiminde tesadüfi örneklem yöntemlerinden olan kolayda örnekleme yöntemi kullanılmış ve yüz yüze anket tekniği tercih edilmiştir. Elde edilen verilerin analizinde SPSS paket programı aracılığıyla tanımlayıcı istatistikler, Pearson Correlation ve PROCESS v3.5 makro aracılığıyla Bootstrap yöntemini temel alan dolaylı etki yaklaşımına ilişkin regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Araştırma bulgularına göre, serbest zamanda sıkılma algısının sosyal medya bağımlılığı üzerinde, serbest zamanda sıkılma algısının yalnızlık üzerinde, sosyal medya bağımlılığının yalnızlık üzerinde istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı etkilerinin olduğu görülmüştür. Ayrıca, araştırmanın temel amacına ilişkin olarak serbest zamanda sıkılma algısı ile yalnızlık arasındaki ilişkide sosyal medya bağımlılığının aracılık etkisi olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

Examining the Correlation between Smartphone Addiction and Leisure Boredom Perception in Ice Hockey Players

The purpose of this study was to determine smartphone addiction and leisure boredom perception levels in ice hockey players in Turkey, examine them in terms of age, sex and educational level, and investigate the correlation between smartphone addiction and leisure boredom perception. The population of the study consisted of athletes actively playing in ice hockey leagues in Turkey. The sample group comprised a total of 85 athletes (51 males and 34 females) who were selected randomly from the population and were voluntary to participate in the study. In the study, a questionnaire with three sections was used as the data collection tool. The first section of the questionnaire was a personal information form prepared by the researcher to determine the age, sex, and educational background of the participants. In the second section of the questionnaire, the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV) was used for measuring the smartphone addiction levels of the participants. In the third and last section of the questionnaire, the Leisure Boredom Scale (LBS) was used for determining the leisure boredom perception of the participants. In the data assessment, the SPSS 26 package software was used. After transferring the data collected via the data collection tool into the electronic environment, the normality was first tested and then non-parametric analyses were performed upon detecting that the data were not normally distributed. When examining the findings of the study, it was observed that most of the participants were male, had high school education and below and were aged 15 to 17 years. In addition, the mean scores of the participants were higher in the Leisure Boredom Scale Boredom Subscale, moderate in the Leisure Boredom Scale Satisfaction Subscale and higher in the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version. It was determined that the female participants had higher mean ranks in the Leisure Boredom Scale Boredom Subscale compared to the male participants at a statistically significant level. When examining the correlation between the smartphone addiction and leisure boredom perception of the participants, it was also observed that there was a statistically significant, positive, and weak correlation between the smartphone addiction and the boredom subscale of the leisure boredom perception.

Internet Addiction, Leisure Boredom and Relationship Satisfaction Among Young Adults

In the 21st century, where every other individual has access to the Internet, the chances of spending too much time surfing it becomes higher. In recent times, the Covid-19 virus has taken a toll on our mental health, and the Internet has become our only source of communication with the outside world. Through the present study, we aimed at understanding the relationship between internet addiction and leisure time and how it impacts our social relationships. Three scales were used to form a survey questionnaire that assessed respective aspects. The sample consisted of 120 participants (60 males and 60 females), and the data was collected using the Snowball Sampling technique. Internet addiction affects our mental health and can result in physical problems like problems in vision, headaches, weight gain/weight loss, and body aches. In contrast, mental issues like depression, anxiety, and social withdrawal can also take place. The research would further find and analyze more aspects where Internet Addiction plays a role.

Leisure Boredom dan Religiusitas: Pengaruhnya terhadap Kecenderungan Adiksi Internet

The internet is an unavoidable necessity. There are positive and negative impacts of internet. One of the negative impacts is addiction. Reasons for someone become addicted to the internet including leisure boredom and religiosity. This study aims to determine whether leisure boredom and religiosity have an influence on the internet addiction in students of UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung. The research method used a quantitative causality design which is analyzed using multiple regression. The study was conducted on 265 students recruited using the accidental sampling method. The measurement uses three scales, the Leisure Boredom Scale, The Centrality of Religiosity Scale, then the Internet Addiction Test. The results showed that leisure boredom and religiosity had significant influence on internet addiction. Influence given is 5.3%. This finding indicates that leisure boredom and religiosity affect someone to become internet addicted by 5.3%, Meanwhile, 94.7% of other factors that influence addiction to the internet may still need further research.

Covid-19 in Turkey: Leisure Boredom, Psychological Resilience, Physical Activity and Emotional State

Bu araştırma, boş zamanlardaki bireylerin can sıkıntısı algısı ile psikolojik dayanıklılık düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemek ve bireylerin boş zaman aktiviteleri, fiziksel aktiviteye katılım ve duygusal durumlarını tanımlamak için CoViD-19 salgınında uygulanan karantina sürecinde yapılmıştır. durum. Buna göre Türkiye'de yaşayan 2214 gönüllü kişi 909 erkek (% 41,1) ( yaş = 33,83 ± 10,73) ve 1305 kadın (% 58,9) ( yaş = 32,41 ± 10,02) ile katıldı. Çalışma kapsamında araştırmacılar tarafından oluşturulan form ile demografik değişkenler, fiziksel aktivite ve duygusal durum hakkında bilgiler toplanmıştır. Araştırmada ölçme araçları olarak "Boş Zaman Sıkıntı Ölçeği" ve "Psikolojik Dayanıklılık Ölçeği" kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada, tanımlayıcı analizler için bireylerden CoViD-19 sürecine ilişkin düşüncelerini ifade eden bir kelime yazmaları istenmiş ve toplanan veriler "MAXQDA" nitel veri analiz programı ile görselleştirilmiştir. Ayrıca veriler diğer değişkenlerin analizinde grafikler halinde sunulmuştur. Araştırmanın istatistiksel analizinde tanımlayıcı istatistikler kullanılmış, bağımsız gruplar arasındaki farkı belirlemek için t-testi, değişkenler arasındaki ilişkileri belirlemek için Pearson korelasyon analizi ve basit doğrusal regresyon analizi ile bağımlı değişkeni tahmin etmede bağımsız değişken. Sonuç olarak, karantina döneminde bireylerde ağırlıklı olarak olumsuz duygusal durumlar gözlemlendi. Ancak fiziksel aktiviteye katılım arttıkça, boş zamanlarında psikolojik dayanıklılık düzeyi artacak ve can sıkıntısı algısı azalacaktır. Ayrıca boş zamanlardaki can sıkıntısı algısının psikolojik sağlamlık düzeyinin önemli bir belirleyicisi olduğu ve varyansın yaklaşık% 15'ini açıkladığı bulunmuştur.

The Relationship Between Leisure Time Management and Perceptions of Boredom

The purpose of this research is to examine university students’ leisure time management and perceptions of boredomaccording to various factors and to put forward the relationship between those two concepts. The test group of theresearch has been selected with purposive sampling among students from Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Faculty ofSport Sciences and 170 “Male” and 82 “Female” students with an average age of 21,71 ± 3,10 have volunteered totake part. In the research “Leisure Time Management Scale,” which has been developed by Wang et al. (2011) andadapted into Turkish by Akgül and Karaküçük (2015), and “Leisure Boredom Scale,” which has been developed byIso-Ahola and Weisseinger (1990), and adapted to Turkish by Kara et al. (2014), has been used. In order todetermine the personal information of participants the percentage and frequency methods; to determine whether thedata has normal distribution or not the Shapiro Wilks normalcy test has been applied and after concluding, that thedata is conformable with the parametric test conditions, MANOVA and Pearson Correlation tests have been used fordata analysis. According to the analysis; in view of gender variable, in both leisure time management and leisureboredom perceptions scale a significant difference has been observed (p<0.05). In view of age variable, in the“Programming” subdimension of leisure time management and in all subdimensions of leisure boredom perceptionscale a significant difference has been observed (p<0.05). In view of wealth variable, in the “Leisure time manner”and “Programming” subdimensions of leisure time management scale a significant difference has been observed butno difference has been observed in leisure time perception. Finally, a negative and meaningful relationship has beenobserved between the two scales. In conclusion it is possible to claim, that the leisure time management and boredomperception of participants has had significant differences in view of some variables and that when they can managetheir leisure time, they are satisfied.

Internet Addiction: Relationship with Perceived Freedom in Leisure, Perception of Boredom and Sensation Seeking

This study aimed to examine the university student&rsquo;s internet addiction, perceived freedom in leisure, leisure boredom, and sensation seeking level with regard to gender and physical activity participation, and to investigate the relationship between internet addiction, perceived freedom in leisure, leisure boredom and sensation seeking. The participants who were chosen using a convenience sampling method filled the &ldquo;Short Form of Young&rsquo;s Internet Addiction Test&rdquo; (YIAT-SF), Perceived Freedom in Leisure Scale (PFLS), &ldquo;Leisure Boredom Scale (LBS), and &ldquo;Sensation Seeking Scale&rdquo; (SSS). T-test, MANOVA, ANOVA and correlation analysis were used to analyze the data. T-test results indicated there were no significant differences in the mean scores of &ldquo;YIAT-SF&rdquo; with respect to gender (p&gt; 0.05). However, analysis revealed significant differences in the mean scores of &ldquo;YIAT-SF&rdquo; with regard to not regularly physical activity participation. There were significant differences in the mean scores of &ldquo;PFLS&rdquo; in favor of men participants and regularly physical activity participants (p&lt;0.05). Gender and regularly physical activity participation were significant of &quot;LBS&rdquo; (p&lt;0.01) in favor of women participants (p&lt;0.05). Similarly, gender were significant of &ldquo;SSS&rdquo; (p&lt;0.01) on the all sub-dimensions in favor of men participants (p&lt;0.05). However, there were no significant differences in the mean scores of regularly physical activity participation.