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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of sport participation status on internet addiction of high school students. The sample group consisted of total 430 students (220 licensed student athletes and 210 non-athletes) from 10 different high schools in Bolu center. Research data were obtained by "Young Internet Addiction Test Short Form" (YIBT-KF) which was adapted to Turkish by Kutlu Prosecutor, Iron and Arslan (2016). Internal consistency of the scale was calculated as α= 0.93 in this study. The results of this study showed that a) internet addiction levels of male students were higher than female students, b) internet addiction levels of athlete students were lower than non-athlete students, c) academic success for athlete students were more positive effect in internet addiction and d) the negative effect of long-term use a smart phone had less negative effect on internet addiction level of athlete students.

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