The relationship between internet addiction and authenticity, using youtube and basic psychologi̇cal needs in adoloscents

The main purpose in this research is; using Youtube in adolescents, examination of the relationship between authenticity and basic psychological needs and internet addiction. An another purpose in this research is, why being a youtuber is very important for adolescents in recent years. Participants of this research consist of 230 high school students who are studying Beylikdüzü Kavram Basic High School in Istanbul. Data collection tools that are used in this research are; Personal Information Form, Youtube Scale, Authenticity Scale and Basic Psychological Needs Scale. The data which are obtained from end of the research were analyzed with SPSS-22 program. Independent Sample t-test and One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to determine the differences between the groups. Peration correlation was used to determine the relationship between the variables of the study. Standard multiple regression was applied to determine the predictive power of the variables. There was a positive relationship between internet addiction and self-alienation in the sub-dimensions of the authenticity variable and a negative relationship between internet addiction and authentic life. The findings of the study were discussed in the window of the literature. Key Words: Internet Addiction, Using Youtube, Authenticity, Basic Psychological Needs