| Course Title | Code | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addiction and Combating Addiction | BBM100 | 3. Semester | 2 + 0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Course Type | |
| Mode of delivery | Face to Face |
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| Goals | The aim of this course is to create awareness about addiction, combating addiction, and the negative effects of technology that we frequently use today, and to teach strategies for coping with the negative effects of technology and proper technology use. |
| Course Content | The Concept of Addiction; Combating Substance Addiction; Internet, Gaming and Smartphone Addiction; Social Media Addiction, Cyberbullying; Eating Addiction, Onychophagia, Pathological Gambling Addiction; Treatment Approaches in Addiction |
| Learning Outcomes |
- Knows about addiction and negative effects of technology - Knows ways to combat addiction - Gains awareness about tobacco, alcohol, substance, and technology addiction - Gains awareness against social network addiction - Gains awareness against game addiction and takes precautions - Gains awareness against smartphone addiction - Explains the family, peer group, and society-related foundations of addiction |
| Week | Topics | Learning Methods |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Basic concepts, positive and negative aspects of technology, addiction | |
| 2. Week | Addiction and combating addiction, action plans and methods | |
| 3. Week | Combating addiction in Turkey and Yeşilay | |
| 4. Week | Combating addictive substances such as drugs, tobacco, alcohol | |
| 5. Week | Addiction characteristics in internet use, measuring internet addiction, signs and symptoms of internet, game, smartphone, and social network addiction | |
| 6. Week | Awareness and coping strategies for students, teachers, and families against social network addiction | |
| 7. Week | Awareness and coping strategies for students, teachers, and families against game addiction | |
| 8. Week | Midterm | |
| 9. Week | What is cyberbullying? Differences from general bullying, types of cyberbullying, cyberbullying tools | |
| 10. Week | Awareness and coping strategies for students, teachers, and families against smartphone addiction, nomophobia | |
| 11. Week | Eating addiction, shopping addiction (Oniomania) | |
| 12. Week | Pathological Gambling Addiction | |
| 13. Week | Treatment Approaches in Addiction: Pharmacological treatments, psychotherapies (CBT, MI, change models) | |
| 14. Week | Prevention of addiction: Social policies, national action plans, laws, identifying risk groups |
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| Öztürk M., Ögel K., Evren C. ve Bilici R. (2019). Bağımlılık, Tanı, Tedavi, Önleme Kitabı. Yeşilay Yayınları |
| Tarhan, N. ve Nurmedov, S. (2011). Bağımlılık. İstanbul: Timaş Yayınları. |
| Ercan, Y. H. (2013). Bağımlılık Tedavisinde Egzersiz Terapisi. Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım. |
| Rogers, V. (2010). Cyberbullying: Activities to help children and teens to stay safe in a texting, twittering, social networking world. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. |
| Kowalski, R. M., Limber, S., Limber, S. P., & Agatston, P. W. (2012) Cyberbullying: Bullying in the digital age. John Wiley & Sons. |
| Hinduja, S., & Patchin, J. W. (2014). Bullying beyond the schoolyard: Preventing and responding to cyberbullying. Corwin Press. |
| Li, Q., Cross, D., & Smith, P. K. (Eds.). (2011). Cyberbullying in the global playground: Research from international perspectives. John Wiley & Sons. |
| Program Requirements | Contribution Level | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | DK5 | DK6 | DK7 | Measurement Method |
|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course's Level of contribution | None | Very Low | Low | Fair | High | Very High |
| Method of assessment/evaluation | Written exam | Oral Exams | Assignment/Project | Laboratory work | Presentation/Seminar |
| Event | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midterm 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Midterm 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Homework 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Homework 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Quiz 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Final | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Practice | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| Classroom Activities | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Total Workload | 77 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 3.0 | ||
