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Games played with electronic devices have started to lead to a tense and stressful life as they lead to addiction. This study aimed to examine the digital game addictions of student in provincial sports centers. This study is a study with a survey model and quantitative research method. The sample of the research consists of 181 athletes selected by easily accessible case sampling method in sports centers in Yozgat. The "Digital Game Addiction Scale for Children" (DGASC), developed by Hazar and Hazar (2017), was used to examine students' digital game addiction with a personal information form. Data was obtained via google form. The distribution of the data was examined with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and it was determined that it showed normal distribution. One-Way ANOVA and t- test were used to analyze the data. No significant difference could be detected in the gender and sport type variables and the sub-dimensions of the scale. A significant difference was detected between the age variable and the psychological-physiological reflection of deprivation and game immersion sub-dimension, the sports year variable and the development of tolerance in playing time and the value attributed to the game sub-dimension, and the playing time variable and all sub-dimensions of the scale. In the study, it was concluded that digital game addiction is not affected by gender and sport type variables, but is affected by age, sports year, sports branch and game playing time variables.

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