Abstract:

The aim of the study is to examine the importance of leisure time management in evaluating the impact of digital addiction on daily life. Sample group were determined as university students studying in various departments at Necmettin Erbakan University and Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University by using convenient sampling method. A total of 251 university students participated in the study, 132 female and 119 male. In the study, in addition to the personal information form, the "Digital Addiction Scale" and the "Leisure Time Management Scale" were used to determine the digital addiction status and leisure management of the participants. In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistical methods such as percentage and frequency were used to determine the distribution of personal information of the participants, and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was performed by controlling the skewness and kurtosis values of the data to determine whether the data showed a normal distribution. After it was determined that the data were suitable for the normal distribution parameters, T-test, Anova test, Tukey HSD multiple comparison test and correlation analysis methods were used to determine the group from which the significant differences originated. As a result, it has been determined that leisure management differs significantly in terms of gender, type of participation in activities and perceived welfare level, and it has been determined that digital addiction shows a significant difference in terms of age, type of participation in activities and perceived welfare level. In addition, it was determined that there is a positive and significant relationship between digital addiction and leisure time management.

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