@article{ref1,
title="Risk-taking behavior and academic self-efficacy as variables accounting for problematic internet use in adolescent university students",
journal="Children and youth services review",
year="2013",
author="Odacı, Hatice",
volume="35",
number="1",
pages="183-187",
abstract="OBJECTIVEThis study investigated the relationship between risk-taking behavior and academic self-efficacy and problematic internet use in adolescent university students and whether problematic internet use varies according to the variables of gender, possession of a computer and living with the family. <br><br>METHODSThe study was performed with 556 students from the Karadeniz Technical University Fatih Faculty of Education in Turkey. The Problematic Internet Use Scale, the Adolescent Risk-Taking Questionnaire, the Academic Self-Efficacy Scale and Personal Information Collection Form were used in the collection of data. <br><br>RESULTSPearson correlation analysis revealed a significant positive correlation between problematic internet use and risk-taking behavior (r =.37, p &lt;.01) and a significant negative correlation between problematic internet use and academic self-efficacy (r = −.12, p &lt;.05). Multiple regression analysis revealed that risk-taking behavior and academic self-efficacy accounted for 14% of total problematic internet use variance (F(2,553) = 46.11, p &lt;.05). The individual contribution to the model of risk-taking (β =.37) and academic self-efficacy (β = −.09) is significant. Our results also showed that university adolescents' problematic internet use scores vary by gender (t = − 4.90, p &lt;.05) and possession or otherwise of a computer (t = 3.10, p &lt;.05), but not on the basis of whether they live with their families (t = −.13, p &gt;.05). <br><br>CONCLUSIONSRisk-taking behavior and academic self-efficacy emerged as significant predictors of problematic internet use.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0190-7409",
doi="10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.09.011",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.09.011"
}