Browsing by Author "Demirutku, Kursad"
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Article Citation Count: 17Cyberloafing behaviors among university students and its relation to Hedonistic-Stimulation value orientation, cyberloafing attitudes, and time spent on the Internet(Springer, 2022) Demirutku, Kürşad; Demirutku, Kursad; Metin Orta, İrem; Department of PsychologyThe purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationships between values, cyberloafing attitudes, and cyberloafing behaviors. Following from the relevant literature, it was hypothesized that Hedonistic-Stimulation value orientation would be associated with cyberloafing behaviors through the mediation of cyberloafing attitudes and time spent on the Internet. Self-report measures were used to collect data from a sample of 427 university students. The modified model revealed a good fit and all indirect paths were significant. Separate model tests indicated that cyberloafing attitudes acted as the mediator for females, whereas for males, time spent on the Internet did so in the relationship between Hedonistic-Stimulation value orientation and cyberloafing behaviors. Thus, the findings suggested that the attitude-behavior link might be mediated by variables other than attitudes. The present research also highlighted that the Hedonism and Stimulation values might have disruptive whereas Conformity values might have supportive functions in the ongoing educational process.Article Citation Count: 4The Relationships between Human Values, Absenteeism Attitudes and Reasons(Hacettepe Univ, 2016) Demirutku, Kürşad; Tekinay, Sena; Department of PsychologyThe present study was conducted to investigate the relationships between human values, absenteeism attitudes, and absenteeism reasons. A correlation study was carried out with 180 students who were enrolled in different programs in a private university located in Ankara. Value orientations of the participants was measured by using Portrait Values Questionnaire (Schwartz et al., 2012) and absenteeism attitudes were measured by using semantic differential scales. In addition, students reported the frequencies of not going to the campus in class-days, and not attending the classes despite being in the campus with various reasons on the scales developed by referring to the relevant literature to be used in the present study. Correlation analyses revealed that the importance of hedonism and stimulation values was positively, whereas the importance of self-direction and conformity values was negatively correlated with absenteeism attitudes and reasons. It was proposed that absenteeism attitudes and reasons might have the function of expressing different values. The results were discussed by taking into account the measurement-and sample-related limitations of the study, and corresponding suggestions for future research were presented.