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Examining the effect of digital parenting attitudes on digital game addiction
Handan Kabadayı1, Aslıhan Öztürk Eyimaya2
1Ankara University, Graduate Schools of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.
Objective:
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of digital parenting attitudes on digital game addiction in middle school students. Nurses can provide support to parents and students to reduce the risk of digital game addiction in children.
Methods:
Cross-sectional design was used in this study. The study was conducted in a middle school in X. The sample of the study consisted of 306 students and 306 parents. A "Personal Information Form," the "Digital Parenting Attitude Scale," and the "Digital Game Addiction Scale for Children" were used to collect data.
Results:
The rate of playing digital games was 83% among the students, and 24,8% played digital games for an average of an hour a day. Parents' mean score on the "Digital Parenting Attitude Scale" was 46,97 ± 6,27. Students' mean score on the "Digital Game Addiction Scale" was 59,42 ± 19,39. When the students were evaluated according to their digital game addiction levels, it was determined that 14,4% of them were "addicted", 2,6% were "highly addicted", and 54,9% were in the "at-risk" group. No significant relationship was found between the scales (p > 0,05).
Conclusion:
There was no significant correlation between scales. However, it was found that the majority of the students were digital game addicts or in the risk group. It is recommended that the necessary interventions be planned in cooperation with parents so that students can maintain healthy digital game playing behaviors and receive protective and preventive training to prevent digital game addiction.
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