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Mohamed M. Ghoneim Sywelem; Sarah Bader Alotaibi – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
This quantitative study explores parental awareness of gaming addiction risks and their perceptions of coping strategies among middle school students in Jazan region, Saudi Arabia. Data were collected from 245 parents using a validated questionnaire designed to assess perceptions of three primary risks associated with gaming addiction: health,…
Descriptors: Video Games, Addictive Behavior, Student Evaluation, Middle School Students
Enrico Gandolfi; Richard E. Ferdig; Jiahui Wang; Grace Morris; Amy Copus; Sk Rezwan Shihab – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Research has provided evidence that online gaming can both positively and negatively impact players' physical and mental health. However, few research studies have examined how game addiction, game community, and vitality felt while playing can inform well-being. This study addressed this gap by focusing on game players' vitality, a construct that…
Descriptors: Internet, Computer Games, Well Being, Addictive Behavior
Bilal Kaya; Ayse Sarpkaya – School Psychology International, 2025
Digital game addiction has become a prevalent issue among adolescents. This study aimed to elucidate both the relationship between digital game addiction severity and academic procrastination, as well as school burnout, and to examine the indirect role of academic procrastination in the connection between digital game addiction severity and school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Grade 7, Grade 8
Iveth Gómez Alvarez; Dilma Yañacc Pacuri; Segundo Salatiel Malca-Peralta; Wilter C. Morales-García – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2024
Introduction: COVID-19 changed the traditional way of educating, confining students to their homes and favoring the excessive use of technology and entertainment such as video games. Precisely, the excessive consumption of the latter altered the behavior of adolescents and increased their levels of aggressiveness. The present study analyzed…
Descriptors: Video Games, Addictive Behavior, Aggression, Adolescents
Nezahat Hamiden Karaca; Neriman Aral; Ümit Ünsal Kaya – Journal of Theoretical Educational Science, 2025
This study investigates the impact of digital game addiction on peer play behaviors and social skills in early childhood, focusing on parents' education levels. Using a relational screening model, the sample consists of 405 preschool children attending kindergartens in Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye. Data were collected using the Digital Game Addiction…
Descriptors: Video Games, Addictive Behavior, Peer Relationship, Play
Suleiman Alnaimi; Feras Ali Mohammad Al-Habies; Mohammad Mahmoud Baniyounes; Ashraf Faris Alqudah; Alia Al nuaimat – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background/purpose. The current research explores the interrelation between electronic game addiction, emotional eating, and eating disorder symptoms among Jordanian adolescents. A quantitative, correlational survey design was used to investigate these associations in an educational context. Materials/methods. The Game Addiction Scale for…
Descriptors: Video Games, Addictive Behavior, Eating Habits, Eating Disorders
Aydin Ilhan – Journal of Global Education and Research, 2024
This study examined the relationship between physical activity, digital game addiction, and academic success among university students. Participants were university 704 students from Turkiye who did physical activity and played digital games. The sample group consisted of 704 university students (342 women and 362 men), selected through random…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Video Games, Addictive Behavior, Academic Achievement
Selami Karuç; Mehmet Mübarek Bora; Mehmet Veysi Bora – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2025
This study aimed to investigate the relationships among attitude towards sport, sport participation motivation, and digital game addiction in adolescents. Accordingly, a relational survey model was employed, and 324 adolescents aged 14-18 were selected using a cluster sampling method. The data collection instruments included the Motivation for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Athletics, Participation, Addictive Behavior
Abdullah Atan – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has had serious effects on children in early childhood as well as on all age groups. Detecting and examining these effects with various studies is vitally important. Hence, current research aims to examine the relationship between digital play addiction tendencies and psychological well-being levels of 5- to 6-year-old…
Descriptors: Young Children, COVID-19, Pandemics, Well Being
Semih Cayak; Ozge Erduran-Tekin – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2024
The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between primary school students' school happiness and digital game addictions. The study group of this research, which was designed in the relational survey model, consists of 204 fourth-grade primary school students studying in the Pendik district of Istanbul. In the research, the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Psychological Patterns, Addictive Behavior, Video Games
Shaimaa Almutairi; Aisha Alazemi – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background/purpose: This research aims to identify the relationship between digital intelligence and video game addiction among Middle school students, to identify gender differences in digital intelligence, and to reveal the digital intelligence skills that contribute most to predicting video game addiction. Materials/methods: The sample…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 9, Grade 10
Merve Nur Durmus; Mustafa Metin; Neslihan Durmus – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2025
This research was carried out to determine the opinions of science teacher candidates about digital game addiction. For this reason, the phenomenology method which one of the qualitative research methods, was used. The sample of this study consists of 5 science teacher candidates studying at different universities in the 2022-2023 academic year.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Student Attitudes, Video Games
Sivrikaya, Tugba; Çetin, Müzeyyen Eldeniz – Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age, 2023
This study aims to examine the digital game addiction levels of adolescent mainstreaming students in terms of various variables. 157 adolescent mainstreaming students between the ages of 12-18 who attend secondary school, Anatolian High School, Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School, and Vocational Education Center in Düzce province…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Video Games, Addictive Behavior, High School Students
Alayna Murray; Beatrix Koronczai; Orsolya Király; Mark D. Griffiths; Arlene Mannion; Geraldine Leader; Zsolt Demetrovics – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
The present study investigated the association between autism and problematic internet use (PIU) and gaming disorder (GD). A systematic literature search was conducted in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. A total of 2286 publications were screened, and 21 were deemed eligible for inclusion in the review. The majority of the studies found positive…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Internet, Computer Use, Addictive Behavior
Esin Ölmez; Nihan Feyman Gök – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2025
Playing games occupies an essential place throughout life, particularly in childhood. With technological advances, urbanization, and the reduction of playgrounds, children's engagement with digital games has steadily increased. This shift highlights the importance of raising parental awareness about children's digital game preferences and gaming…
Descriptors: Video Games, Parent Role, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries

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