Investigation of the relationship between screen addiction, bullying and loneliness levels of primary school students

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the screen addiction, bullying and loneliness levels of 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade students of primary school. The study started after the necessary permissions were obtained from the Ethics Committee of Mardin Artuklu University, the Mardin Provincial Directorate of National Education and the parents of the students. In this study, which was carried out with the quantitative research method, the data were collected with the Problematic Media Use Scale-Parent Short Form adapted by Furuncu (2019), the Bullying Tendency Scale developed by Dölek (2005) and the Loneliness Scale for Children adapted by Duyan and others (2015). The universe of the study is second, third and fourth grade students studying in three primary schools in Mardin Artuklu district; the sample consisted of 13 branches in these three primary schools. A total of 448 students, 226 male and 222 female, participated in the study. According to the findings obtained from the study, it was found that primary school students had low levels of screen addiction, bullying and loneliness. Screen addiction and bullying levels of male students were found to be higher than female students. It has been determined that there are significant differences in the level of bullying according to the variables of the number of siblings, parental education level, class level and household income. In addition, it was determined that there were significant differences in the level of loneliness according to the variables of students' household income, number of siblings and mother's education level. In addition, it was found that screen addiction has a weak positive relationship with bullying and loneliness levels. It was determined that there was a moderate, positive and significant relationship between bullying and loneliness levels. It was found that students' gender and loneliness levels predicted bullying positively; it was found that the frequency of screen use by the mother predicted bullying negatively.