Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to show the current status of studies and to guide future research by examining the articles on mind and intelligence games in the national and international literature, as well as the postgraduate theses in the national literature, in terms of different variables. Within the scope of this purpose, 23 postgraduate theses including the terms "mind games, intelligence games, mind and intelligence games" in their keywords in the Council of Higher Education National Thesis Center database between 2011 and 2020, and 35 articles with related keywords in the databases TUBITAK ULAKBIM -Dergi Park, ERIC, Web of Science, and Science Direct were included in the study. Dissertations and articles of this study were analyzed according to the type and distribution of studies by years, research methods, sample groups studied, sample sizes, sampling methods, data collection tools, data analysis methods, mind and intelligence games used in the studies, courses in which the studies were conducted and findings. Data were analyzed using the descriptive analysis technique, and in light of the results, suggestions were made.

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