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Aim: To determine the internet, social media and game addictions of young people, to investigate the relationships of these addictions with their sociodemographic and internet usage characteristics, and to contribute to the studies that protect and improve the health of young people by better understanding the problems related to technological addictions. Material and Methods: A web-based data collection form was used in the descriptive cross- sectional study in which 321 university students participated. Social Media Addiction Scale (SMAS), Digital Game Addiction Scale (DGAS), Young Internet Addiction Scale (YIAS) and a data collection form including some socio-demographic characteristics such as gender, department of education and internet usage characteristics were used. For descriptive and inferential data analysis, tests were performed using SPSS version 20.0. Results: 31.20 % (n=100) of the students are male, 68.80% (n=252) of them are in the department of medicine/dentistry. It was determined that medical/dentistry students had lower scores in SMAS than students of other faculties, those who played digital games had higher scores in DGAS and YIAS, and those who used the internet for more than 7 years had higher DGAS scores (p=0.025). It was determined that those who thought that they were social media addicts had higher SMAS and YIAS scores (p=0.000). It was determined that SMAS scores were higher in smokers (p=0.038) and DGAS scores were higher in alcohol users (p=0.000). It was determined that social media addiction status and Young internet addiction and Digital game addiction (r=.341, p=0.000). Conclusion: Technological addiction among young people is quite high and it is an important public health problem that is expected to increase gradually. Researches on technological addictions of young people should be planned at regular intervals and necessary precautions should be taken according to their results.

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