The Mediating Role of Locus of Control in the Relationship between Attitude towards Reading and Digital Addiction in Pre-Service Teachers / Öğretmen Adaylarında Okumaya Yönelik Tutum ve Dijital Bağımlılık Arasındaki İlişkide Denetim Odağının Aracı Rolü

Hatice Yurtseven Yılmaz; Meltem Yıldız

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The Mediating Role of Locus of Control in the Relationship between Attitude towards Reading and Digital Addiction in Pre-Service Teachers / Öğretmen Adaylarında Okumaya Yönelik Tutum ve Dijital Bağımlılık Arasındaki İlişkide Denetim Odağının Aracı Rolü

Abstract

This study aimed to reveal the mediation status of locus of control in the relationship between digital addiction and attitudes towards reading of pre-service teachers. In the study, relational research, one of the descriptive research designs, was preferred to reveal the relationship between the three variables. The research was conducted with 804 pre-service teachers aged 18-25, data was collected using a demographic data form, digital addiction scale, reading attitude scale and locus of control scale. Within the sub-problems of the research, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis and Mediation Analysis were applied to the dataset. The findings indicate that digital addiction is negatively correlated with attitude towards reading and positively correlated with locus of control showed that there is a significant relationship. Additionally, attitudes towards reading and locus of control were found to have a significant negative relationship. It was concluded that locus of control was a partially mediates the relationship between the level of digital addiction among pre-service teachers and their attitudes towards reading. Accordingly, it was concluded that the attitudes towards reading of pre-service teachers with high digital addiction and external locus of control were more negative than their peers with high digital addiction but internal locus of control. In other words, internal locus of control youth who believe that they can impact the events/situations in their lives will have more positive attitudes towards reading than external locus of control individuals if they experience digital addiction. It has been understood in this study that the attitude towards reading is not only affected by the excessive use of digital tools. It is a result that educators, families and researchers should not ignore that many other personality traits such as locus of control and affective traits may be effective on attitudes towards reading.

Keywords

Öğretmen Adaylarında Okumaya Yönelik Tutum ve Dijital Bağımlılık Arasındaki İlişkide Denetim Odağının Aracı Rolü / The Mediating Role of Locus of Control in the Relationship between Attitude towards Reading and Digital Addiction in Pre-Service Teachers

Öz

Dijital araçlar, dijital yerliler olarak adlandırılan günümüz çocuk ve gençlerinin yaşamlarında ayrılmaz bir öğe olarak yer alır. Oyun oynamak, sohbet etmek, güncel olanı izlemek, ödev yapmak, dil öğrenmek gibi nedenlerle dijital araçları sıklıkla kullanan bu yaş dönemindeki gençler bağımlılık konusunda riskli davranma eğilimindedir. Bu çalışmada öğretmen adaylarının dijital bağımlılıkları ile okumaya yönelik tutumları arasındaki ilişkide kontrol odağının aracılık durumunun ortaya konulması amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmada üç değişken arasındaki ilişkiyi ortaya koymak için betimsel araştırma desenlerinden ilişkisel araştırma yeğlenmiştir. Araştırma, Türkiye’nin Bursa ilindeki bir devlet üniversitesinin eğitim fakültesinden rastgele seçilmiş 18-25 yaş arası 804 gönüllü öğretmen adayı ile yürütülmüştür. Veriler demografik veri formu, dijital bağımlılık ölçeği, okumaya yönelik tutum ölçeği ve denetim odağı ölçeği kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Araştırmanın alt problemleri kapsamında veri setine Pearson Momentler Çarpımı Korelasyon Analizi ve Aracılık Analizi uygulanmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular, dijital bağımlılığın okumaya yönelik tutum ile negatif, kontrol odağı ile pozitif yönde anlamlı bir ilişki içinde olduğunu göstermiştir. Ayrıca, okumaya yönelik tutum ile kontrol odağı arasında negatif yönde anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu belirlenmiştir. Kontrol odağının, öğretmen adaylarının dijital bağımlılık düzeyleri ile okumaya yönelik tutumları arasındaki ilişkiye kısmen aracılık ettiği sonucuna varılmıştır. Buna göre, dijital bağımlılığı yüksek ve dış kontrol odağına sahip öğretmen adaylarının okumaya yönelik tutumlarının, dijital bağımlılığı yüksek ancak iç kontrol odağına sahip akranlarına göre daha olumsuz olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır. Başka bir deyişle, yaşamlarındaki olayları/durumları etkileyebileceklerine inanan iç kontrol odağına sahip gençler, dijital bağımlılık yaşamaları durumunda dış kontrol odağına sahip bireylere göre okumaya yönelik daha olumlu tutumlara sahip olacaktır. Bu çalışmada okumaya yönelik tutumun sadece dijital araçların aşırı kullanımından etkilenmediği anlaşılmıştır. Kontrol odağı ve duyuşsal özellikler gibi daha birçok kişilik özelliğinin okumaya yönelik tutumlar üzerinde etkili olabileceği eğitimcilerin, ailelerin ve araştırmacıların göz ardı etmemesi gereken bir sonuçtur.

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English

Subjects

Turkish Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Hatice Yurtseven Yılmaz ^*
0000-0002-9250-5174
Türkiye

Meltem Yıldız
0000-0002-4535-6903
Türkiye

Publication Date

October 22, 2023

Submission Date

August 21, 2023

Acceptance Date

September 26, 2023

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Year 2023 Volume: 14 Number: 5

DOI

https://doi.org/10.19160/e-ijer.1347668

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https://izlik.org/JA36ZU47WC

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Yurtseven Yılmaz, H., & Yıldız, M. (2023). The Mediating Role of Locus of Control in the Relationship between Attitude towards Reading and Digital Addiction in Pre-Service Teachers / Öğretmen Adaylarında Okumaya Yönelik Tutum ve Dijital Bağımlılık Arasındaki İlişkide Denetim Odağının Aracı Rolü. E-Uluslararası Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 14(5), 207-221. https://doi.org/10.19160/e-ijer.1347668

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