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    The Association of Internet Addiction with Depression and Anxiety in University Students
    (2019) Korkmazer, Başak; Kılınçarsla, Mehmet G.; Şahin, Erkan M.
    Introduction: In adolescence, tendency to risky health behaviours including internet addiction is frequent. Research on the etiology ofinternet addiction is at an early stage and has been associated with depression and social isolation indicatorsThe present study was conductedwith the aim of investigating the association of internet addiction with depression and anxiety in university students. Method: The study wascarried out as an online survey study on 28 572 university students who were educated in the central campus of Çanakkale On sekiz MartUniversity in academic year of 2011-2012. A total of 4430 (15.5%) students were reached. Of them, 3064 (69,2%) answered questions aboutcomputer and internet use. In this research, which is part of a multidimensional study, the BAPİNT scale was used to measure internetaddiction and BAPI-K scale was used to measure depression and anxiety. Binary Logistic Regression analysis was performed followingunivariate tests. Results: While the mean age of the participants who responded the questions about internet use was 21,7 ± 3,2 [17-63],55,1% (1688) were female and 44,9% (1374) were male. Of the participants, 34.6% had internet addiction according to BAPINT scale. In theregression analysis, all predictors were found to be statistically significant (X2 = 173,553 p<0,001). After independent variables werecontrolled, it was found that depression increases internet addiction 1,799 (1,485-2,170 p<0,05) fold, and anxiety increases internet addiction1,708 (1,423-2,050 p<0,05) fold. Discussion: The rate of internet addiction in our study (34.6%) was similar to that of the other studiesconducted with university students in our country (18.9%- 56.9%). Internet addiction was found to be associated with mental disorders likedepression and anxiety. The causality between internet addiction and mental health has not yet been fully resolved; with the widespread useof internet in all areas and communities, especially the young people take part in the risky population and it is important to consider internetaddiction in the follow-up of the young people with anxiety or depression.