Digital game addiction and psychological needs for teeanergers

Abstract

Abstract The importance of the internet and virtual platform in human life gradually has been increasing with the help of improving technology. It has been thought that this subject should be dealt with; because inappropriate use of the internet and computer games can turn into the risk of addiction. The psychological needs of teenagers which predict the addiction of digital games has been studied in this research. 322 teenagers comprise the research sample. “Personal Information Form”, “The Scale of Digital Game Addiction”, “The Scale of Psychological Needs” have been used for gathering data. The multiple regression analysis has been performed to analyze the data. According to the result of the research, it has been seen that gender and psychological needs [R2=.11, p<.05] predict significantly the addiction of digital game. The results of the research have been discussed in the scope of literature. Keywords: Teenage, The psychological needs, Game addiction