An investigation of university students’ internet and game addiction with respect to several variables

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether internet and game addiction of university students differ in regard to variables such as gender, grade, having computer and internet connection and game type which they prefer. The sample of this study consists of 996 students from Faculty of Educational Science at Ankara University and Education Faculty at Gazi University. In terms of gender variable, male students’ internet and computer game addiction levels were significantly higher than females. It was found that there was no significant difference between internet and computer game addiction levels in terms of students’ grade and game type variables. Students who have personal computers showed significantly higher levels of addiction to internet and computer game than those who don’t have personal computers.The students who have internet connection showed significantly higher levels of addiction to internet and computer game than those who don’t have internet connection in their homes.