Abstract:

The aim of this research is to determine the impact of high school students' digital gaming addictions on their self-sufficiency levels. Another objective is to study students’ digital gaming addictions and self-capacity in terms of different demographic variables. In the collection of the data of the research, the general scan model that is widely used in quantitative research is preferred by the probability-based non-selective sampling method. The study’s sample group consists of 1015 (493 girls – 522 men) students who went to six different secondary schools in the province of Sivas in the 2021-2022 educational year. The research data was obtained by the application of the "Children's Self-Capacity Scale" to high school students, which was adapted to the "Children's Digital Game Addiction Scale". The Cronbach Alpha Value of the Digital Game Addiction Scale for Children is 0.75 in the Cronbach Alpha Scale Development Study, and the Cronbach Alpha Value for Children is 0.87 in the Cronbach Alpha Scale Development Study. The data obtained in the study; Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality test, unrelated groups t test, ANOVA test, Scheffe test, YEM and DFA analytics methods were analyzed. Based on the findings obtained from the applied analyses, it was determined that students' digital gaming addictions and self-sufficiency levels significantly vary according to the variables of gender, class level, mother and father's educational status. The application of the YEM analysis found that students’ digital gaming addictions have a significant impact on their self-sufficiency perceptions. This effect has been found to be negative.

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