Investigat？ng Consumer Decision Making Styles of College Students According To The Online Game Addiction Stage

Development in technology affected every part of community; internet and online game addiction took a share in literature. Especially, changes in lifestyles of new generation and new consumption habits also influenced consumer decision types. This study aims to investigate university students’ online game addiction factors in terms of gender and gaming time, and addiction stage of students has been determined to explain consumer decision types. Data are collected by face to face surveys from 314 university students in order to test the hypotheses set by the study. It is clear that the gaming time positively affects the addiction stage of participants. Also higher levels of addiction stage strengthen the loyalty degree and the brand consciousness