Examination of Secondary Students Who Educate in Private Schools on Digital Game Addictions and Opinions on Digital Games

Authors : Çağla Eryol, Fikret Alıncak

Pages : 185-197

Doi:10.38015/sbyy.1397938

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Publication Date : 2024-12-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Thisresearch is a descriptivestudytoexaminethedigitalgameaddictions of secondaryschoolstudentsstudying in privateschoolsandtheirviews on digitalgames. Theresearchpopulationconsists of secondaryschoolstudentsstudying in privateschoolsaffiliatedto Gaziantep ProvincialDirectorate of NationalEducation, andthesamplegroupconsists of 350 (178 Girls, 172 Boys) studentsselected on a voluntarybasis. “Digital Game AddictionScaleforChildren” developedby Hazar and Hazar (2017) wasused as a datacollectiontool in theresearch. SPSS 22.0 program wasused in theanalysis of thedata. Itwasdeterminedthatthedata in thestudyshowed normal distributionandparametrictestswereapplied. Descriptivestatisticalcalculationsandpercentagefrequencyanalyzesweremade. Numericaldatawereinterpreted in tablesbyusingindependentsamples t-test and One Way Anova analyzestodeterminethedifferencebetweentheindependentvariables of the data. Thesignificance level wastaken as p<0.05. As a result of theresearch, it wasdeterminedthattherewas a significantdifference in terms of gendervariableandthatboys\\\' addictiontoplayingdigitalgameswashigherthangirls. While it wasseenthattherewas a significantdifference in terms of thevariable of theclassstudied, it wasstatedthatthegameaddictions of the 6th gradestudentswerehigherthanthe 5th gradestudents. Inaddition, whenwelook at theeducationalstatus of theparents, it is seenthatthere is a significantdifferenceandthedigitalgameaddiction of thechildren of theparentswith a high level of education is higher. Inaddition, it wasobservedthattherewas a significantdifference in terms of familyincome level, digitalgameaddiction of childrenwithhighfamilyincome level wasalsohigh, whiledigitalgameaddictions of childrenincreased as theiracademicsuccessdecreased. At thesame time, it wasconcludedthat as thedailydigitalplay time increased, children\\\'saddictiontodigitalgamesincreased, andthosewhoused a computer as a gaming platform achievedhigherscoresthanthosewhoused a gameconsole, tablet and mobile phone.
Keywords : Secondary School, Student, Digital Game, Addiction