Does Internet Addiction Lead to Academic Procrastination among Pharmacy Students at a University in Türkiye? A Cross-Sectional Study

Pharmacy students belong to the age group with the highest use of the internet and they are at risk of unreg-ulated and unnecessary internet addiction, which could have a negative impact on their learning behaviors, academic grades, and time management skills. This study aims to assess the time management skills, aca-demic procrastination, and academic performance of pharmacy students in T & uuml;rkiye and their relationship with internet addiction. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 622 pharmacy students in T & uuml;rkiye. This study used Young's Internet Addiction Test (IAT) Time Management Inventory (TMI) and Tuckman Procrastination Scale (TPS) to evaluate internet addiction, time management and academic procrastination respectively. According to the results, no significant differences were found in IAT scores based on gender (p = .096). The study findings also revealed a significant correlation between pharmacy students' total IAT score and their overall TMI score. In contrast, there is a positive and moderately significant relationship observed between pharmacy students' total IAT and TPS scores. And internet addiction significantly pre-dicted academic procrastination. In light of the findings, the study suggested that academic institutions and relevant authorities need to promote responsible internet usage among pharmacy students to increase their academic performance.

Journal

ADDICTA-THE TURKISH JOURNAL ON ADDICTIONS

Year

2025

Volume

12

Issue

1

ISSN

2148-7286

eISSN

2149-1305

DOI

10.5152/ADDICTA.2025.23153

WoS UID

WOS:001491920000014