Ekiz, Meryem AltunAtasoy, Murat2024-11-072024-11-0720182146-1961https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/311600https://hdl.handle.net/11480/13649The aim of this study is to investigate the digital game addiction in children between the ages of9-11. This research, which is a descriptive study, has been conducted with the screening model. Atotal of 1100 students, which consist of 552 girls and 548 boys, from the 6 state schools (MehmetHüsnü Özyeğin, Erol Güngör, Süleyman Türkmani ve Sırrı Kardeş Primary Schools, and Cacabeyand 23 Nisan Secondary Schools) affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in the provinceof Kırşehir participated in the research with the method of purposeful sampling. A 14-item digitalgame addiction scale developed by researchers was used in the study. Percentage, frequency,factor analysis and Chi-square test were used in the analysis of the data. As a result of theconducted analyzes, it is seen that digital game addiction scores change according to gender andage. According to gender, there is a significant difference between girls' low addiction levels andboys' low addiction levels. It can be concluded that addiction level of boys is higher than the levelof girls. According to the age, it is seen that the average and high level game addiction decreaseswhile the low level game addiction increases as the age increases. In brief, the level of gameaddiction decreases as the age increases and this result is not accidental but significant. One ofthe most effective ways to cope with digital game addiction is to direct children to physicalactivities. However, parents, teachers and students should be informed about digital gameaddiction.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSosyal ÇalışmaKriminoloji ve Ceza BilimiMadde BağımlılığıArticle93317401757311600