Investigation of the relationship between school burnout, smartphone addiction and emotion regulation skills in adolescents

This study aimed to examine the relationship between school burnout, smartphone addiction and emotion regulation skills in adolescents. The research group consists of 472 high school students studying in Niğde province. Research data were collected using the Personal Information Form, School Burnout Scale, Smartphone Addiction Scale (For High School Students), Emotion Regulation Skills Scale for Adolescents. Correlational model was used to examine the relationships and connections between variables. Correlation, multiple linear regression, t test and ANOVA analyzes were performed to analyze the data. According to the results of the research, it was found that there was a positive significant relationship between school burnout and smartphone addiction, a negative significant relationship between school burnout and internal functional emotion regulation skills, a positive significant relationship between school burnout and internal dysfunctional emotion regulation skills, a significant positive relationship between school burnout and external dysfunctional emotion regulation skills and there was no significant relationship between school burnout and external functional emotion regulation skills. It was found that smartphone addiction positively predicted school burnout, internal functional emotion regulation skills negatively predicted school burnout, internal dysfunctional emotion regulation skills positively predicted school burnout, and external dysfunctional emotion regulation skills positively predicted school burnout. According to the results of the research, while school burnout differs significantly according to gender and grade level, it does not differ significantly according to the General Point Average. Keywords: school burnout, smartphone addiction, emotional regulation skills