The Investigation of the Digital Play Dependency Levels of High School Students with respect to Demographic Characteristics

Abstract: The aim of the present study is to investigate the level of digital game dependency of the students in high school and to determine how the level of gaming addiction changes according to the variables such as gender, computer, internet connection, mobile phone status, parents' educational status, playing timeand family income. For this purpose, the research has been conducted in a relational screening model. The universe of the research is composed of high school students studying in the official schools in the province of Malatya in the academic year of 2017-2018. A simple unselected sampling method has been used in the selection of the sample and 517 students have been included in the sampling. Digital Game Addiction Scale (DGA-7) has been used to measure students' digital game dependencies. Data obtained in the study have been analyzed using independent sample t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). According to the results obtained in the present research; According to monothetical form, 3.3% of the students who participated in the research and 22.6% according to the Political form are digital game addicts. The level of digital game addiction vary according to gender. The level of digital game dependency of students participating in the research varies according to the status of fixed internet connection, mobile internet connection, mobile phone, computer, and mother education, and parent education, family income situation, playing time and controlling the games played by the students