THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL COHESION AND COMPUTER-INTERNET USAGE

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between social cohesion and computer-internet usage among university students. The research was conducted among university students in North Cyprus. The sample for the research consists of 38.8% (n=80) female, 61.2 % (n=126) male, 206 university students by using the criterion sampling method. “Hacettepe Personality Inventory – Social Cohesion Scale” developed by Özgüven (1992) and Biographic-Demographic Information Form was used as a collecting data. Percentage documentation average, ANOVA and Pearson Moment’s correlation were figured out in data analysis in this study. The results of this study showed that there is a significant correlation between social cohesion as social relations and the computer usage of the university students. There is significant correlation between social cohesion as family relations, social relations, social norms and antisocial tendency with each other.