Horticultural practices, consisting of 6 sessions with a one-week interval,was applied face to face to this intervention group. Each session lasted approximately 60 minutes.

No intervention has been made.

The first week of the program was 'Getting to know horticultural practices', the second week was 'Painting pots', the third week was 'Planting vegetable seedlings', the fourth week was 'Preparing compost', the fifth week was 'Making pressed flowers' and the sixth week was 'Harvesting vegetables'.

The scale consists of nine items. The unidimensional scale has a 5-point Likert-type rating. The responses to the items are graded as 'never', 'rarely', 'sometimes', 'often' and 'always'. The lowest score is 9 points and the highest score is 45 points. The higher the score obtained from the scale, the higher the level of internet addiction.

The Social Skills Scale consists of 20 items. The scale evaluates whether primary and secondary school students display social skill behavior. The response format is a four-point Likert type and consists of the options 1= never, 2= sometimes, 3= usually and 4= completely. The lowest score obtained from the scale is 20, the highest score is 80. A low score from the scale indicates inadequacy in displaying this behavior in terms of social skills, while a high score indicates adequacy in displaying social skill behavior.

The Social Skills Assessment Scale was developed to measure skills that are important in helping communication deficiencies to increase interaction. The scale is a five-point Likert-type scale and social skills are assessed by families. The skills that children should have in the scale consist of twelve subcategories. The social skills assessment scale is completed by families.

The Scale of Perceived Stress in Children was developed by Snoeren-Hoefnagels (2014). The child is asked to answer how appropriate each item is for him/her. The scale consists of 9 items. The one-dimensional scale has a four-point Likert-type rating. High scores from the scale questions mean that the individual's stress level is high.