An Investigation of the Relationship between Digital Game Addiction, Gender and Regular Sport Participation

Authors

  • Nurullah Emir Ekinci Dumlupinar University School of Physical Education and Sport, Kutahya
  • Umit Dogan Ustun Dumlupinar University School of Physical Education and Sport, Kutahya
  • Omer Ozer Dumlupinar University School of Physical Education and Sport, Kutahya

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs20162.298.303

Keywords:

Digital game addiction, gender, regular sport participation

Abstract

This study aims to investigate digital game addiction of high school students according to gender and regular sport participation. For this 398 high school students who were randomly chosen voluntarily participated in the study. In addition to personal information from the Turkish version of Lemmens and colleagues’a  game addiction scale was used as a  data gathering tool. The Turkish adaptation of the scale was done by Aylin Yalcın Irmak and Semra Erdogan in 2015. The Turkish version of the scale consists of one factor and seven items anchored with a five Likert type scale. In the evaluation of the data linear regression was used. The findings of this study revealed that there was a positive relationship between gender and digital game addiction

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Author Biographies

Nurullah Emir Ekinci, Dumlupinar University School of Physical Education and Sport, Kutahya

PhD, assisstant professor

scientific interests: recreation and game addiction

Umit Dogan Ustun, Dumlupinar University School of Physical Education and Sport, Kutahya

PhD, Research assistant

scientific interests: recreation, leisure studies

Omer Ozer, Dumlupinar University School of Physical Education and Sport, Kutahya

psychiatrist

scientific interests: addictions

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Published

2016-09-10

How to Cite

Ekinci, N. E., Ustun, U. D., & Ozer, O. (2016). An Investigation of the Relationship between Digital Game Addiction, Gender and Regular Sport Participation. Journal of Education Culture and Society, 7(2), 298–303. https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs20162.298.303

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2016): Journal of Education Culture and Society

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DYNAMICS

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