Analysis of relation between eating habi̇ts and internet addiction of private Anatolian high school students i̇n Istanbul ci̇ty

The aim of this study is to evaluate the connection between eating attitude of private Anatolian High School students and their internet addiction. Relational searching model is used. The system of the study is composed of students in private high schools in Bakırköy and Büyükçekmece, İstanbul. Schools were determined by appropriate sampling method. Sample was created through each district as 4 schools and totally 8 schools with 466 students. "Personal Informatıon Form", "Eating Attitude Scale", "Internet Addiction Scale" were used for data collection. In the analysis frequency and percentage distributions were recieved, arithmetic average and stardard deflection were evaluated, t test, one difference significant, Scheffe Test were used. Pearson Correlation Analysis was used to determine the relation between scales. The difference between the eating attitude scale scores of the groups according to the age, class, father and mother professions of the students, the income level of the families and the internet use period was not found to be significant though it was seen that when girls were compared to boys, girls who perceived themselves as being somewhat obese and girls who had a higher perception of eating problem had a significantly higher eating attitude score than those of other groups who thought that they had problems with internet usage. There was no significant difference in the Internet addiction scale scores between the ages of the students, the class level, income status of their families, their own weight, and the average of the groups according to weight problem perceptions. Female students, compared to male students, whose fathers were retired, compared to whose fathers were civil servants or freelancers, whose mothers were self-employed compared to whose mothers were housewives were found to have higher internet addiction scores. In addition, it was found that as the duration of internet usage increased, the scores of internet addiction scale also increased. There was a significant positive correlation between eating attitude scale and internet addiction scale scores.