Online Device Usage Habits and Emotional Well-Being in Net Generation

The aim of this research is to examine the effect of online device usage habit of high school students on their emotional well-being, using a sample 308 Turkish high school students who aged from 15 to 19 in Istanbul in 2014 participated in this research. PIF is applied in order to determine the aims of students in using online devices. There are questions in PIF upon the gender of the students, online devices they own, time they on these online devices, the usage aims of these devices. PANAS is used in order to measure the emotional well-being of the students. PANAS has got two sub-dimensions as positive affect and negative affect. Data analysis was carried out with MANOVA in SPSS program. Usage time of the online devices creates a significant difference on negative affect score. The usage of this devices with the aim of homework/project creates a significant difference in positive and negative affect scores; usage of these devices with the aim of game and entertainment creates a significant difference in negative affect score and the usage of these devices with the aim of news/newspaper creates a significant difference in positive affect score. The result of the research discovered that the time and aim of online device use are significant indicators for high school students’ emotional well-being. The result of this research shows that high school students mostly use smart phones among online devices. If the future researches are carried out upon smart phones, this may provide information upon how are the adolescents affected from being grown up with the technology.On the other hand as online devices have become widespread rapidly, their usage aims are versatile, children grow up with technology show that more researches are needed in this field.

本研究旨在考察高中生在线设备使用习惯对其情绪幸福感的影响，共纳入2014年取自土耳其伊斯坦布尔的308名年龄介于15至19岁的高中生作为研究样本。本研究采用个人在线设备使用问卷（Personal Internet Usage Inventory，简称PIF）以明确学生使用在线设备的动机，该问卷涵盖学生性别、所拥有的在线设备类型、设备使用时长及设备使用目的等调查项。本研究采用积极与消极情感量表（Positive and Negative Affect Schedule，简称PANAS）测量学生的情绪幸福感，该量表包含积极情感与消极情感两个子维度。本研究借助SPSS（Statistical Product and Service Solutions）软件中的多元方差分析（Multivariate Analysis of Variance，简称MANOVA）完成数据分析。结果显示，在线设备使用时长对学生的消极情感得分存在显著影响；以完成作业或项目为目的使用在线设备，对学生的积极与消极情感得分均存在显著影响；以游戏与娱乐为目的使用设备，对学生的消极情感得分存在显著影响；而以获取新闻或资讯为目的使用设备，则对学生的积极情感得分存在显著影响。本研究结果表明，在线设备的使用时长与使用动机是高中生情绪幸福感的重要预测因子。研究同时发现，在各类在线设备中，高中生最常使用智能手机。若未来研究聚焦于智能手机领域，可为探讨科技伴随成长对青少年的影响提供参考依据。另一方面，随着在线设备的快速普及，其使用动机日趋多元，伴随科技成长的青少年群体亟需更多相关领域的研究。