Abstract:

The aim of this study is to study high school students’ smartphone addiction and social relationships. The study’s sample constitutes the universe of 441 students who studied in the secondary schools in the Bafra district of Samsun in the 2016-2017 educational year. The research data was collected using the Smart Phone Addiction Scale for Adults, the Social Relations Scale and the Personal Information Form and analyzed and interpreted using the SPSS 23 package program. In the analysis of the data, the Mann Whitney U test and the Kruskal Wallis test were used. The relationship between the variables is studied with the Spearman correlation. The study found that high school students have a negative relationship between smartphone addiction and family support points, and there is no meaningful relationship between friends support points. According to the gender variable, the smartphone addiction does not show a significant difference, but it is determined that it differs according to family support and friend support. It has been found that there is a significant difference between smartphone addiction according to class variable, but that family and friends’ support does not differ according to class variable. Again, it has been concluded that there is no significant difference between telephone addiction and family support according to the mother's educational situation, but that the support of friends is different according to the mother's education. Similarly, there is no significant difference between telephone addiction and friend support according to the father’s education situation, but family support is different according to the father’s education. The results of the research were discussed in accordance with the relevant literature and presented in recommendations.