The relationship between technology addiction, difficulty in emotion regulation and sociotropic-autonomic personality traits in university students

In this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship between technology addiction, emotion dysregulation and sociotropic-autonomic personality traits. In line with this purpose, firstly, the relationships between technology addiction, emotion dysregulation and sociotropic-autonomic personality traits and then the relationships between basic variables and demographic variables were discussed. In this study, which was conducted with the relational survey model, 430 participants consisting of university students were determined as the sample with the convenience sampling method. The data were collected through Sociodemographic Information Form, Technology Addiction Scale, Difficulty in Emotion Regulation Scale and Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale. ANOVA, Independent Sample T-Test, Pearson Correlation Analysis, Simple Linear Regression Analysis and Multiple Regression Analysis were used to analyze the data. According to the findings of the study, a significant positive relationship was found between technology addiction and emotion dysregulation and sociotropic personality traits. A significant positive relationship was found between difficulties in emotion regulation and sociotropic personality traits and a significant negative relationship was found between autonomic personality traits. Impulse and non-acceptance, which are sub-dimensions of emotion dysregulation, and sociotropic personality traits were found to have a significant positive predictive effect on technology addiction. It was also found that the total score of difficulties in emotion regulation had a significant positive effect on technology addiction. In addition, it was observed that there were significant relationships between some demographic variables and basic variables.