Highlights
- •Approximately half of the nursing students were risky internet users.
- •Internet addiction negatively affects communication skills in nursing students.
- •Internet addiction was determined to have a positive effect on emotion regulation difficulties in nursing students.
- •Internet addiction has a greater effect on difficulty in emotion regulation levels.
Abstract
This study investigates the relationships between nursing students' internet addiction
levels, communication skills and difficulties in emotion regulation. This cross-sectional
study included 463 nursing students who completed the Internet Addiction Scale (IAS),
Communication Skills Scale (CSS) and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS-16).
Approximately half of the nursing students were risky internet users. A negative statistically
significant was determined between from IAS and CSS; a positive statistically significant
was determined between from IAS and DERS-16. It was found that internet addiction
had an effect of 18.6 % (R2 = 0.186) on difficulty in emotion regulation and 0.27 % on communication skills (R2 = 0.027). The students who were in risky group in internet addiction had worse communication
skills and higher levels of difficulties in emotion regulation.
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Publication history
Published online: December 17, 2022
Accepted:
December 10,
2022
Received in revised form:
November 7,
2022
Received:
July 6,
2022
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