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Abstract

The purpose of the study was to examine whether personality traits had a mediator role on the relationship between university students' digital addiction behaviour and academic self-efficacy. The study sample consisted of 1348 students (876 females and 472 males) who were chosen through random sampling from university students who from different universities in Turkey. For data collection, Digital Addiction Scale, Academic Self-Efficacy Scale, Adjective Based Personality Test, and personal information form have been used. The results of the study indicate that personality traits fully mediate the relationship between digital addiction and academic self-efficacy.

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Title
The mediating role of personality traits on the relationship between academic self-efficacy and digital addiction
Author
Parmaksız, İzzet 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Faculty of Education, Department of Guidance and Psychological Counseling, Niğde, Turkey (GRID:grid.412173.2) (ISNI:0000 0001 0700 8038) 
Pages
8883-8902
Publication year
2022
Publication date
Jul 2022
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
13602357
e-ISSN
15737608
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2705909610
Copyright
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022.