Screen using habits of individuals between 18-45 years and investigation of relationship with narsisism, subjective well-being and obsessive compulsive disorders

The concept of screen addiction is an important problem of modern society. Although technology makes human life easier, it also brings many problems. People living with screens and the Internet are no longer able to live without these concepts and even become addicted. As with all addictions, there are many psychological factors and effects in screen addiction. There are many studies examining the relationship between screen addiction and many psychological variables in the literature. There are also studies on the relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder, narcissism and subjective well-being. However, these studies were generally applied on people in primary, secondary or high school. The study was applied with working adults and adults between 18-45 years old of age with aim to contribute to the literature. For this reason, in order to determine the display activities during working and leisure time; The Screen Addiction Scale was used. The questionnaires used to measure the relationship between screen addiction and obsessive-compulsive disorder, narcissism and subjective well-being: Narcissism Inventory, Subjective Well-being Inventory and Vancouver OCD Inventory. The mentioned scales were applied to 350 working people from Marmara Region. The data obtained were inserted into SPSS program and analysed. Independent sample-t test, variance analysis, correlation and regression analyses were conducted in accordance with the research questions. Exploratory Factor Analysis was used for Screen Addiction Scale. According to the results of the analysis, there is a significant correlation between exhibitionism and authority, which is one of the sub-dimensions of narcissism, and screen addiction. There was a significant and positive relationship between Screen Dependence and all sub-dimensions of the Vancouver OCD scale. A positive and significant relationship was found between screen addiction and subjective well-being with sub-dimensions ''envy someone for something'' and ''pessimism''. Screen addiction does not differ significantly according to gender and educational background. When the screen addiction is evaluated, the difference between the participants who expressed their economic condition as medium and high is significant. People who belong to economically high status, are more addicted to screen.