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Does Increasing Awareness of Mothers Affect Their Children's Digital Game Play Routines?: A Quasi-Experimental Trial
Zeynep Erkut1, Zeynep Aközlü2, Emine Ekici3
1Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery, Antalya Bilim University, Antalya, Türkiye.
Purpose:
This study aims to determine how the Digital Game Addiction Awareness Training (DGA-AT), provided to mothers of sixth-grade students, affects children's digital game play routines and mothers' awareness levels regarding digital game addiction.
Design:
In this study, the quasi-experimental design with cluster random sampling was used.
Methods:
The study was conducted with 73 mothers (education group: 32, control group: 41) from two middle schools in Istanbul, Turkiye, between December 2023 and March 2024. The awarenes levels of the mothers in the control group were measured at the same times as those in the education group.
Findings:
It was found that the children of the mothers in the education group significantly reduced their weekly (3.40±2.16 days) and daily (75.93±73.87 minutes) digital game play time in the second evaluation compared to the first evaluation (weekly: 4.37±2.73 days, daily: 131.25±102.16 minutes) (p<0.05). The mothers in the education group had significantly higher total mean scores (53.66±6.20) on Awareness Scale for Digital Game Addiction (ASDGA) in the second evaluation compared to the control group (49.02±9.46) (p=0.018).
Conclusions:
The study revealed that DGA-AT applied to the mothers positively affected their children's digital game play routines, and elevated levels of mothers' awareness regarding digital game addiction. It is recommended to provide awareness-raising educational programs for mothers of middle school students to combat digital game addiction.
Clinical Relevance:
Raising mothers' awareness of digital game addiction through related educational programs may contribute to establishment of healthier digital game play routines among middle school children, and support preventive strategies in pediatric nursing and school health practices.
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