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Olcan Aslan; Irem Topuz; Jale Eldeleklioglu – Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2025
Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the mediating role of digital game addiction in the relationship between school belonging and psychological resilience of adolescents in middle school. Considering school belonging together with digital game addiction may help to better understand the risk and protective factors of psychological…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Psychological Patterns, Correlation, Student School Relationship
Nesrin Isikoglu; Kadriye Selin Budak; Müzeyyen Guzen – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
The current study aims to identify changing trends in digital play addiction tendencies among young children and parental guidance strategies before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. In light of the bioecological model of development, it was hypothesized that the pandemic would have a significant impact on the addiction to digital play…
Descriptors: Young Children, Play, Addictive Behavior, Parent Role
Ranjit Kumar Behera; Roshan Chandra; Subhankita Rath – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2024
Video game addiction is a global phenomenon. A high level of addiction leads to detrimental effects on the social, educational, and psychological aspects of the students. The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between videogame addiction and the academic performance of senior secondary students. For this, the study has used the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Video Games, Addictive Behavior, Academic Achievement
Fatma Gizem Karaoglan Yilmaz; Ramazan Yilmaz – Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 2024
Today, due to the increasing interest in hybrid education environments and technology integration into the course, mobile devices have started to be used in face-to-face classroom lessons. In addition to the many advantages of using mobile devices in the classroom, it also leads to some undesirable situations. One is related to developing…
Descriptors: Video Games, Addictive Behavior, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement
Feng, Siwen – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2022
Smart phones have permeated every part of people's lives in the mobile internet era and are virtually taken for granted on a daily basis. Chinese primary school students are facing a serious problem with mobile gaming addiction as a result of their easy access to cell phones. The excessive usage of mobile games has negative impacts on children's…
Descriptors: Video Games, Handheld Devices, Foreign Countries, Addictive Behavior
M. Engin Deniz; Hacer Yildirim Kurtulus; Yagmur Kaya – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
The presence of communication within the family can be considered as a protective factor in preventing the development of mental health problems in school by acting as a buffer against mental health problems in adolescents. Thus, this study, which was designed to reveal the potential mechanisms between family communication and bi-dimensional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Relationship, Mental Health, Adolescents
Sacide G. Mazman Akar; Murat Özer – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2025
This study explores the influence of digital literacy, parental styles, and background variables on digital game addiction among elementary school students. Given the formative nature of early childhood and the significant role of parental influence, understanding these relationships is essential to promoting healthy digital habits. The sample…
Descriptors: Video Games, Computer Games, Addictive Behavior, Elementary School Students
Turan, Serhat; Öcal, Tuncay; Cengiz, Ömer – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
The aim of the research is to investigate the digital game addiction and social anxiety levels of adolescents who play sports recreationally. 226 adolescents (69 girls, 157 boys) who do sports recreationally participated in the research. In the research, the personal information form prepared by the researcher and the short form of the digital…
Descriptors: Video Games, Addictive Behavior, Anxiety, Adolescents
Prasetiawan, Hardi; Barida, Muya; Handaka, Irvan Budhi; Widyastuti, Dian Ari; Agungbudiprabowo; Wahyudi, Amien; Muyana, Siti; Saputra, Wahyu Nanda Eka – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2023
The purpose of this study is to mengetahui keberterimaan produk yang berupa Creative Cognitive Behavior Group Counseling dalam mereduksi kecanduan game online. Penelitian ini menggunakan pola penelitian dan pengembangan Born & Galls yang terdiri dari tahap studi pendahuluan, tahap pengembangan produk, dan tahap evaluasi. The participants of…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Counseling Techniques, Behavior Modification, Group Counseling
Recep Öz; Murat Tolga Kayalar; Ayhan Koç – Pakistan Journal of Distance and Online Learning, 2023
The study employed a quantitative research design using the general survey model to understand a large research population without intervening in variables. It involved 552 teacher candidates from an education faculty in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey, with 142 males and 410 females participating voluntarily. Data were collected using the Computer Game…
Descriptors: Computers, Video Games, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences
Charlaine Perez; Joseph Jay Alvarez; Aries Carbungco; Jozel Due; Critanya Milles Ochoa; Michael Louie Celis; Joseph Lobo – Journal of Learning for Development, 2024
This quantitative-correlational study aimed to examine the relationship between online game addiction and mental well-being of high school students from Angeles City, in the Philippines, during the COVID-19 pandemic. To obtain data from the respondents, the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale--Short-Form and Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Video Games, Addictive Behavior, Mental Health
Dere, Zeynep – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2022
Technology can provide children new opportunities to dive into the internet and play online games. Parents are showing concerns towards losing the ability to observe children's accession to technological devices. It is also growing concern that technological addiction has some negative impacts on young children. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Internet, Video Games, Child Behavior
Fatma Gizem Karaoglan Yilmaz; Ramazan Yilmaz; Sema Sulak – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
Due to the distance education implemented with the COVID-19 pandemic, online synchronous education activities have started to be carried out using tools such as Zoom. In this process, students have experienced various problems and one of them is related to cyberloafing behaviors (CLB). The main purpose of this study was to examine the factors…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Online Courses, Educational Technology
Özcan Palavan; Bilge Gültekin – Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age, 2025
This study examines the relationship between middle school students' undesirable behaviours and digital game addiction. Undesirable behaviours disrupt teaching, harm peers, compromise safety, and lower teacher motivation. These behaviours, often influenced by family and environmental factors, disrupt classroom order. Digital games, particularly…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Addictive Behavior, Video Games, Computer Games
Yilmaz, Sevde; Pamuk, Mustafa – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2023
Today, the use of technology not only affects social relations, but also affects the relations of family members who are part of the society. Technology can negatively affect especially adolescent parent relationships within the family. In this study, it was aimed to examine the roles of social media and digital game addictions, which are…
Descriptors: High School Students, Parents, Parent Child Relationship, Conflict

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