COVID-19 Pandemi Sürecinde Çocuklardaki İnternet Bağımlılığının Beden Kitle İndeksi ve Ebeveynlik Stresine Etkisi
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AMAÇ: Çalışmada, pandemi sürecinde çocuk/ergenlerin internet bağımlılığının, fiziksel aktivite azlığına bağlı beden kitle indekslerindeki değişikliklerin ebeveyn stresi üzerine etkisini belirlemek amaçlanmıştır.
YÖNTEM: Tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel tipteki araştırma, Ocak 2021 – Nisan 2021 tarihlerinde, Bitlis’te yaşayan 7 – 17 yaş çocuğa sahip 539 ebeveyn ile yapılmıştır, Tanımlayıcı Özellikler Soru Formu, Aile – Çocuk İnternet Bağımlılığı Ölçeği, Ebeveynlik Stres Ölçeği’nden oluşan online form kulanılarak yapılmış, IBM SPSS ile analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmanın analizinde dağılım ve sıklık için frenkans, yüzde Student’s t test istatistiği, One Way ANOVA testi Post Hoc Tukey testi, Ki- Kare testi kullanılmıştır. Önem düzeyi p<0.05 olarak alınmıştır.
BULGULAR: Ebeveynlerin %73.8’i kadın, %26.2’ü erkek, çocukların %43.6’sı 13-17 yaş aralığındadır. Çocukların %41.9’nun internet kullanım süresi 1-3 saat; ebeveynlerin %55.1’i ise pandemi sürecinde çocukların televizyon izleme süresinin, %88.7’si ise internet kullanma sürelerinin arttığını vurgulamıştır. İnternet bağımlılık ölçeği puan ortalaması 49.92±12.35, ebeveyn stres ölçeği toplam puan ortalaması 25.33±7.19 olarak bulunmuştur. Pandemi sürecinde çocukların beden kitle indekslerinde anlamlı bir artış olduğu saptanmıştır.
SONUÇ: Salgın sürecinde çocuklarda internet kullanımı, ekran süresi ve beden kitle indekslerinde artış, çocuklarda internet bağımlılığı ve Ebeveyn stresinde artışı neden olmuştur. Pandemi sürecinde ebeveynlerin artan sorumlulukları ruh sağlıklarını olumsuz yönde etkilemiş, çocukları/ergenleri de ciddi risklere maruz bırakmıştır. Çocuk-ailelere bu süreçte ilgili kurumlar tarafından destek verilmelidir.
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AİM: In the study, it was aimed to determine the effect of internet addiction of children/adolescents and changes in body mass indexes due to lack of physical activity on parental stress during the pandemic process.
METHODS: The descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 539 parents with children aged 7-17 years living in Bitlis, between January 2021 and April 2021. The Descriptive Characteristics Questionnaire was made using the online form consisting of the Family – Child Internet Addiction Scale, and the Parenting Stress Scale, and analyzed with IBM SPSS. Frequency, Student's t test, One Way ANOVA test, Post Hoc Tukey test, Chi-Square test were used for distribution and frequency in the analysis of the study. Significance level was taken as p<0.05.
RESULTS: In the study, 73.8% of the parents were female, 26.2% were male, and 43.6% of the children were between the ages of 13-17. The internet usage time of 41.9% of the children is 1-3 hours; 55.1% of parents emphasized that their children's television watching time and 88.7% their internet usage time increased during the pandemic process. Internet addiction scale mean score was 49.92±12.35, and parent stress scale total score was 25.33±7.19. It was determined that there was a significant increase in the body mass index of children during the pandemic process.
CONCLUSION: The increase in internet use, screen time and body mass indexes in children during the epidemic caused an increase in internet addiction and parental stress in children. The increasing responsibilities of parents during the pandemic process have negatively affected their mental health and exposed children/adolescents to serious risks. Child-families should be supported by the relevant institutions in this process.
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