Digital game addiction of preschool children in the Covid-19 pandemic: social emotional development and parental guidance

dc.authorid0000-0002-2220-4595
dc.authorid0000-0002-4844-4968
dc.authorid0000-0003-1987-8393
dc.contributor.authorSenol, Yigit
dc.contributor.authorSenol, Fatma Betul
dc.contributor.authorYasar, Munevver Can
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-24T12:31:00Z
dc.date.available2026-01-24T12:31:00Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentAlanya Alaaddin Keykubat Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe Covid 19 pandemic has caused children to spend more time at home and an increase in their digital addiction tendencies. Children's digital game addictions were affected by parents' strategies and negatively affected their social and emotional development. The study was carried out in order to determine the digital game addiction tendency levels of children and the strategies applied by the parents, and to examine the correlation between the results obtained and the social-emotional development of the children. The study was designed as a cross-sectional study. 142 children attending pre-school education for 60-72 months were included in the study. Personal Information Form, Digital Game Addiction Tendency Scale, Digital Game Parental Mediation Scale and Ages & Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional were used. As a result, the increase in digital game addiction in children has negatively affected social and emotional development. The level of digital game addiction tendency is associated with parents' digital game manipulation strategies. Active parental guidance strategy prevented children's digital game addiction tendency, while digital oriented guidance and free parental strategies increased addiction tendency.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12144-023-04323-8
dc.identifier.endpage847
dc.identifier.issn1046-1310
dc.identifier.issn1936-4733
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.pmid36819754
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85147944117
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage839
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04323-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12868/5585
dc.identifier.volume43
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000933208500006
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofCurrent Psychology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260121
dc.subjectDigital game addiction
dc.subjectParental guidance
dc.subjectSocial emotional development
dc.subjectPreschool children
dc.titleDigital game addiction of preschool children in the Covid-19 pandemic: social emotional development and parental guidance
dc.typeArticle

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