Abstract:

In this study, the relationship between the digital game addiction levels of secondary school students and their problem solving skills was tried to be revealed. The research was designed in descriptive survey model. The study group of the research consists of 524 secondary school students, including 224 male students and 300 female students. The research data were collected with the personal information form developed by the researchers, the "Problem Solving Inventory for Children" developed by Serin, Bulut-Serin and Saygılı (2010), and the "Digital Game Addiction Scale for Children" developed by Hazar and Hazar (2017). Descriptive statistics, One-way Anova test, Pearson correlation test and simple partial regression tests were used to analyze the research data. As a result of the research, it was reached that the digital game addiction levels of secondary school students are in the low-risk group. In addition, it was found that the digital game addiction levels of the students differed significantly according to the gender and whether the students had their own smart mobile phones or not. In addition, it was found that there was a moderate, negative and significant relationship between students' problem solving skills and digital game addiction levels, and that students' digital game addiction levels were an important predictor of their problem solving skills.

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