The relationship between social media addiction with depression, attachment styles and social anxiety among university students

In this research, it is seen that there are connections with social media connections at universities and the analysis of social shares continues. In the south of the research, 1079 university students were randomly selected and volunteered to participate in the study. In this research, the Sociodemographic Data Form, Social Media Addiction Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, Adult Attachment Style Scale, and Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale were utilized. After obtaining the necessary permissions, the scales were distributed to some participants via Google Forms, while others were presented in person. For the data obtained in the study, single and multiple outlier analyses were performed using SPSS v.23. As a result of the calculations, 3 participants were excluded from the data set due to their z-scores for the main variables lying outside ± 3.29.