Investigation of the relationship between the problemed internet usage and depression levels of the children and mom's psychological resilience

This research aims to understand the relation between the children's problemed internet usage and depression levels with their mother's psychological resilience. The research is run by 384 third and fourth-class students and their mothers which are located in İstanbul. For the children "Socio-Demographic Information Form", for the mothers "Socio-Demographic Information Form", "Family-Child Internet Addiction Form", "Brief Psychological Resilience Scale" is implemented. According to the results, the relation between the mother's psychological resilience and the children's problemed internet usage is obvious. In the research, the mother's psychological resilience, the children's depression levels, and problemed internet usage are changing by different parameters. According to obtained correlation and regression findings, the mother's positive psychological resilience affects children's problemed internet usage negatively. On the other hand, findings also show that the depression of children affects internet addiction positively. The results of this research which is done during the ongoing pandemic process show us the importance of making research related to the increasing internet usage of children. Also according to results, when evaluating internet addiction depression should always be taken into consideration. The effect of mothers' psychological resilience on the psychological well-being of children is another critical result. Keywords: Problemed İnternet Usage, Depression, Psychological Resilience