Özet:

Current research has studied the relationship between the dimensions of the impact on gaming, social media and daily life and the participation in recreational activities within the scope of technology dependency. The sample of the study was made by 462 students studying in 103 different departments of 43 universities located in Turkey. There was a major participation from the universities located in Ankara. It is used as a method of data collection. According to the research, the detected relationship between technology addiction and the sizes of recreational activities and the negative relationship between yoga, museum visits, exhibition-festival trips, theatre, dance, handmade, flowering, cooking for pleasure and book reading activities. The positive relationship between table tennis, camp, skiing, paintball and football activities and game dependency has been established. There is also a positive relationship between photography hobby and social media addiction. The negative impact of cultural activities on gambling addiction has been identified. Through the findings of the research, it has been presented recommendations of activities to be applied and observed in the process of therapy related to technology dependency.