Author/Authors :
ERBOY, Engin , AKAR VURAL, Ruken Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - Eğitim Bilimleri Bölümü, Turkey
Abstract :
It is aimed in this research is to investigate if gender, mother,and father education level, grade level, socio-economic level of the school, the situation of having computer or not and the level of alienation effect about computer game addiction of 4th and 5th grade primary students. This research, conducted as a cross sectional survey, was performed at six primary schools in Aydın district-Turkey. Data gathering tools were implemented on total 638 students from three different schools from different social economic statues. “Personal Information Inventory”, “Computer Game Addiction Scale for Children” and “Alienation of Student Scale” for 4th and 5th grade primary students were used. The data, received from the form and scales, were explained and interpreted by using number, frequency, percent, t-test, correlation, regression analysis, and factor analysis as statistical techniques. Based on the results of the study, it can be said that alienation was an crucial variable to explain 4th and 5th grade primary students’ computer game addiction level
