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The technological transformation experienced in the twentieth century initiated a rapid transformation from traditional understanding to digitalization in politics, economy, health, sports, education, social and cultural life, and the peak period of this transformation was the Covid-19 crisis period. The prohibitions imposed during the pandemic period have led individuals to a sedentary and simple lifestyle. This situation has led individuals to digital games in order to socialize and spend their free time more fluently. It can be assumed that the change in attitudes towards digital games increased especially during the Covid-19 crisis period, when social activities were less. Based on this assumption, the fact that digital games are one of the most important pursuits of the new generation, especially those born in 2000 and later, makes it necessary to examine the attitude of the relevant generation towards digital games and the level at which the Covid-19 period affects the attitudes of these young people towards digital games. Accordingly, the aim of this study is to investigate the digital game playing attitudes of the students of the Faculty of Sports Sciences after Covid-19 according to some demographic variables. The sample of the study consists of a total of 310 volunteer participants, 149 female students and 161 male students, studying at Selçuk University Faculty of Sport Sciences in the 2021-2022 academic year. The measurement tools used in the study consist of a Personal Information Form and a Digital Game Playing Attitude Scale containing 18 items and 3 sub-dimensions, which were added to the literature by proving its validity and reliability by Tekkursun Demir and Mutlu Bozkurt (2019). On the data obtained through the online survey method, it was first checked whether there was any missing or missing data on the data set and no missing or missing data was detected. In the second stage, it was checked whether there was an outlier value control in the data and no outlier value was detected. Then, descriptive tests including arithmetic mean, standard deviation, skewness and kurtosis values were performed on the data. Independent sample t-test was used for bilateral group comparisons on data showing normal distribution, and one-way variance analysis was used for comparisons of more than two groups. Research findings show that there is a statistically significant difference between the average scores of the participants on the digital game playing attitude scale according to gender and sports playing status. It was found that female students participating in the research had lower levels of digital game playing attitudes than male students. In addition, it has been determined that students who do sports regularly have lower attitudes towards playing digital games than students who do not do sports. Apart from this, digital game playing attitude scale scores did not show a significant difference according to grade level and department variable. In conclusion; It can be stated that the average score of the digital game playing attitude scale of the students of the Faculty of Sports Sciences was high after Covid-19. It can be said that sports can be an important tool in solving the problems of relevant students regarding their attitude towards digital gaming after Covid-19.

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