The effect of interpersonal problem solving skills and methods of coping with stress on social media addiction in university students

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the frequency of social media use of university students and interpersonal problem solving skills and methods of coping with stress. In addition, the effects of variables such as gender, age, and what grade they attend on university students' social media use disorder, interpersonal problem solving skills, and stress coping methods were investigated in the study. The universe of the research consists of students studying at Haliç University. At the same time, the Personal Information Form was applied to learn the demographic characteristics of the students, and the Stress Coping Scale, the Social Media Addiction Scale, the Interpersonal Problem Solving Skill Scale were used to measure the variables. independent sample t-test, ANOVA test, and correlation Tests were used in the analysis of the data obtained. Considering the socio-demographic characteristics in the research; The scores obtained from the social media addiction scale of women were higher than the scores obtained from the social media addiction scale of men found in the results. Significant results were obtained according to socio-demographic characteristics such as the age of the students participating in the study, the grade they studied, and their marital status. Also; It was observed that as the students' scores on the social media addiction scale increased, their scores on the methods of coping with stress and the Interpersonal Problem Solving scales increased. Significant correlation was found between the scores obtained from the social media addiction scale and the scores obtained from the methods of coping with stress and Interpersonal Problem Solving scales. As a result of this study; Although social media is seen as an important invention that makes life easier today, it can be recommended to inform the society about behavioral addictions such as social media and internet addiction. Keywords: Internet, social media addiction, methods of coping with stress, Interpersonal Problem Solv