Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Başkent University Journal of Education, cilt.6, sa.2, ss.225-235, 2019 (Hakemli Dergi)
SNSs use in adolescent population has become widely studied research topic since the communication technology pertaining to socialnetworking sites showed up globaly. With the aim of reviewing the literature for a holistic picture of the issue, related articlespublished between 2010 and 2018 (till October) were reviewed, analyzed, and coded through a qualitative content analysis approach.To be included in the review, publications needed to meet the following criteria: (a) inclusion of adolescent sample, (b) psychologicalconstructs as study variables, and (c) peer-reviewed academic journals. Articles were analyzed according to the country of origin,discipline, research design, sample population, sample size, whether ethnicity of the sample being diverse or unified, publication year,psychological construct used, data analysis method, number of pages, SNSs tools specified and direction of the results. Variousfindings were obtained based on content analysis categories. Although negative consequences of SNSs use were reported more, therewere controversial findings. Further research is needed.