DIGITAL GAME ADDICTİON, SOCIAL ANXIETY AND ALEXITHYMIA IN ADOLESCENTS

Maksude Yildirim,Öznur Başdaş

doi:10.33715/inonusaglik.842593

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.

Highlights

This study was planned as a descriptive study in order to research the digital game addiction, social anxiety, and alexithymia levels of adolescents
It was determined that 34.5% of the adolescents had less than one hour of internet use, 52.1% had any health problem like head/neck pain, attention deficit, and visual problems (Table 1)
It was determined in this study that 52.1% of the adolescents had health problems

Summary

Introduction

This study was planned as a descriptive study in order to research the digital game addiction, social anxiety, and alexithymia levels of adolescents. 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. Social anxiety is an important problem that causes serious deterioration in the individual's social functions and quality of life (Karaca et al, 2016). This problem, which starts suddenly and becomes rapidly chronic, causes severe loss of ability and brings along social, academic and psychological problems (Segool & Carlson, 2008)

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