Ergenlerde Dijital Oyun Bağımlılığı, Sosyal Kaygı Ve Aleksitimi

Year 2021, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 414 - 429, 25.06.2021

Maksude Yıldırım , Öznur Başdaş

https://doi.org/10.33715/inonusaglik.842593

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Bu çalışma, ergenlerin dijital oyun bağımlılığı, sosyal kaygı ve aleksitimi düzeylerini araştırmak amacıyla tanımlayıcı bir çalışma olarak planlanmıştır. Bu araştırma 12-15 yaş grubundaki 626 ergen ile yapılmıştır. Veriler Tanımlayıcı Özellikler Formu, DGAS-7 (Dijital Oyun Bağımlılığı Ölçeği), SAS-A (Ergenler İçin Sosyal Anksiyete Ölçeği), AQC (Çocuklar İçin Aleksitimi Anketi) kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Verilere göre erkek, strateji oyunları oynayan ve günde üç saatten fazla internet kullanan ergenlerde dijital oyun bağımlılığı düzeyinin yüksek olduğu ileri sürülebilir. 14-15 yaşları arasında sosyo-ekonomik düzeyi yüksek, akıllı telefonunda akıllı telefon, internet bulunan ve sağlık sorunu olmayan ergenler daha fazla sosyal kaygı yaşarken, sosyo-ekonomik düzeyi düşük olan ergenler yüksek bir yılsonu başarı puanı ve sağlık sorunları, daha aleksitimik kişilik özellikleri göstermiştir.

Keywords

Aleksitimi, Dijital oyun, Ergen, Oyun bağımlılığı, Sosyal kaygı

DIGITAL GAME ADDICTİON, SOCIAL ANXIETY AND ALEXITHYMIA IN ADOLESCENTS

Abstract

This study was planned as a descriptive study in order to research the digital game addiction, social anxiety, and alexithymia levels of adolescents. This research was conducted with 626 adolescents in the age group of 12-15 years. The data were collected using Descriptive Characteristics Form, DGAS-7 (Digital Game Addiction Scale), SAS-A (Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents), AQC (Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children). It can be asserted in accordance with the data that digital game addiction level was high in the adolescents who were male, played strategy games, and used internet for more than three hours a day. The adolescents, who were aged between 14-15 years and had high socio-economic level, smartphone, internet in their smartphones, and no health problem, experienced more social anxiety and the adolescents, who had low socio-economic level, a high year-end success score, and health problems, showed more alexithymic personality characteristics.

Keywords

Adolescent, Alexithymia, Digital game, Game addiction, Social anxiety

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