Online Game Addiction and Gen Z: A Comparative Study on Turkish and Romanian High School Students
As being among “the digital natives” of the technology era, Generation Z and their online behaviors are important subjects to study in depth. Surrounded by technology, Generation Z is easily getting and using all technology products, and they do not feel any constraint about spending time with them,...
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| description | As being among “the digital natives” of the technology era, Generation Z and their online behaviors are important subjects to study in depth. Surrounded by technology, Generation Z is easily getting and using all technology products, and they do not feel any constraint about spending time with them, which might lead to a kind of addiction. The study was designed to examine the two-factor solution of online gaming addiction by Faraci and her colleagues’ internet addiction version employing the IAT of 20 items by Young. In order to reveal the present state, two field studies in two high schools from Turkey and Romania were run comparatively. Turkish and Romanian participants replied the 20-item-IAT and the questionnaire about online gaming behavior via an online survey platform. To determine the dimensions of online gaming addiction exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis are performed. Reliability coefficients of both factors were satisfactory. According to confirmatory factor analysis goodness-of-fit indexes in both samples were reasonable. In conclusion, both factors fit well into the present study producing some other results about online gaming behavior, as well. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c1e192d68f4b40bb9a72f47775c683ff2025-01-03T00:26:44ZengSelcuk University PressSelçuk İletişim2148-29422021-04-0114254957510.18094/josc.811992154Online Game Addiction and Gen Z: A Comparative Study on Turkish and Romanian High School StudentsHuri Deniz Karcı0Bahar Urhan1ANKARA MEDİPOL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İLETİŞİM FAKÜLTESİAKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İLETİŞİM FAKÜLTESİAs being among “the digital natives” of the technology era, Generation Z and their online behaviors are important subjects to study in depth. Surrounded by technology, Generation Z is easily getting and using all technology products, and they do not feel any constraint about spending time with them, which might lead to a kind of addiction. The study was designed to examine the two-factor solution of online gaming addiction by Faraci and her colleagues’ internet addiction version employing the IAT of 20 items by Young. In order to reveal the present state, two field studies in two high schools from Turkey and Romania were run comparatively. Turkish and Romanian participants replied the 20-item-IAT and the questionnaire about online gaming behavior via an online survey platform. To determine the dimensions of online gaming addiction exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis are performed. Reliability coefficients of both factors were satisfactory. According to confirmatory factor analysis goodness-of-fit indexes in both samples were reasonable. In conclusion, both factors fit well into the present study producing some other results about online gaming behavior, as well.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1350137çevirimiçi oyunbağımlılıkz kuşağıi̇nternetçevirimiçi oyun davranışıonline gamingaddictiongeneration zthe internetonline gaming behavior |
| spellingShingle | Huri Deniz Karcı Bahar Urhan Online Game Addiction and Gen Z: A Comparative Study on Turkish and Romanian High School Students Selçuk İletişim çevirimiçi oyun bağımlılık z kuşağı i̇nternet çevirimiçi oyun davranışı online gaming addiction generation z the internet online gaming behavior |
| title | Online Game Addiction and Gen Z: A Comparative Study on Turkish and Romanian High School Students |
| title_full | Online Game Addiction and Gen Z: A Comparative Study on Turkish and Romanian High School Students |
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| title_short | Online Game Addiction and Gen Z: A Comparative Study on Turkish and Romanian High School Students |
| title_sort | online game addiction and gen z a comparative study on turkish and romanian high school students |
| topic | çevirimiçi oyun bağımlılık z kuşağı i̇nternet çevirimiçi oyun davranışı online gaming addiction generation z the internet online gaming behavior |
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