TY - JOUR TT - An investigation of university students’ internet andgame addiction with respect to several variables AU - Çakır, Özlem AU - Ayas, Tuncay AU - Horzum, Mehmet Barış PY - 2011 DA - October DO - 10.1501/Egifak_0000001226 JF - Ankara University Journal of Faculty of Educational Sciences (JFES) JO - JFES PB - Ankara University WT - DergiPark SN - 1301-3718 SP - 95 EP - 118 VL - 44 IS - 2 KW - İnternet bağımlılığı KW - oyun bağımlılığı KW - bağımlılık ölçeği KW - demografik faktörler N2 - The purpose of this study was to investigate whether internet and game addiction of university students differ in regard to variables such as gender, grade, having computer and internet connection and game type which they prefer. The sample of this study consists of 996 students from Faculty of Educational Science at Ankara University and Education Faculty at Gazi University. In terms of gender variable, male students’ internet and computer game addiction levels were significantly higher than females. It was found that there was no significant difference between internet and computer game addiction levels in terms of students’ grade and game type variables. Students who have personal computers showed significantly higher levels of addiction to internet and computer game than those who don’t have personal computers.The students who have internet connection showed significantly higher levels of addiction to internet and computer game than those who don’t have internet connection in their homes UR - https://doi.org/10.1501/Egifak_0000001226 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/508854 ER -