Investigation of the relationship between internet addiction and parental attitudes in young adults

This study aimed to examine the relationship between internet addiction and parental attitudes in young adults. For this purpose, the research was carried out with the relational type survey method within the quantitative research design. The study group of the research consists of 150 individuals between the ages of 21-25. 'Demographic Information Form', 'Parental Attitude Scale (ABTO)' and 'Young Internet Addiction Test-Short Form', which were prepared based on the literature, were used to collect research data. SPSS-22, a mathematics-based statistics program, was used to analyze the data obtained. Within the scope of the study, descriptive values of demographic data, normality analysis of the scales, Pearson Correlation analysis and difference analyzes were used. According to the findings obtained within the scope of the research; A positive significant relationship was found between internet addiction and democratic, protective and authoritarian parental attitudes. At the same time, a statistically significant difference was found between gender, age, parental education level, parental marital status, employment status, daily internet usage frequency, internet addiction and parental attitude levels. As a result, it was found that as the level of internet addiction in the participants increased, the levels of democratic, protective and authoritarian parental attitudes also increased.