Abstract:

This study is aimed at studying the relationship between the students’ digital game motivations and the body mass index. The study group consists of 199 students who continue their studies in the 5, 6, 7 and 8 classes of the Primary School of Namık Kemal and Şehit Metin Arslan, located in Yozgat or Sarıkaya district. The study used the Digital Game Motivation Scale (DOOMÖ) developed by Iron and Treasury (2018). In the analysis of the data, standard deviation, arithmetic average; the pearson correlation test with Mann-Whitney U test, the Kruskal Wallis test was used. In light of the findings obtained in the study, the body mass index, age, gender, classroom, the state of playing in the school team, the state of education of the mother and father, has found a significant difference between the digital game motivation. According to this, the number of participants increased the motivation for digital gaming and the body mass index increased, the number of participants showed a significant difference in the positive direction between the age and the digital gaming motivation. The average internal and external motivation of the male participants is higher than the average of the female, the external motivation of the 8th grade students is 5. It has been found that the scores are higher than the classes, the digital gaming resources of those who don’t play in the school team are higher, the educational level of parents is lower than the motivation of children to play digital games.

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