The Analysis of the Relation Among Internet Addiction and Social Skills Level With Logistic Regression Analysis in Primary Education Second Stage Students

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the level of social skills (positive social behavior level and negative social behavior level), gender and class level predict the level of internet addiction in elementary school second level students. The sample of the study consisted of 558 students, 283 (50.3%) female and 275 (49.7%) boys, who continued to 6th, 7th and 8th grades in ？ukurova and Seyhan districts of Adana. In the scope of the research, personal information form prepared by the researcher, Internet Addiction Scale and Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters were used to collect data. The obtained data were analyzed by logistic regression analysis and it was determined that negative social behavior subscale scores, gender and class level were significant predictors of the low or high level of internet addiction