The mediators role of communication skills in the effect of social skills on digital game addiction
 
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Doç. Dr. Ömer ERDOĞAN Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Acta Psychologica (Q1)
Dergi ISSN 0001-6918 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 05-2023
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 237 / 1 / 1–9 DOI 10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103948
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103948
Özet
This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of communication skills, which has a decisive role in people's healthy interaction with others, between social skills that enable the construction of social networks and digital game addiction. The study was conducted as a relational survey quantitative research model. A total of 474 university students, 232 of whom were female and 242 were male, comprised the participants of the study. The Social Skills Scale, the Communication Skills Scale, and the Digital Game Addiction Scales were used in this research. The data were analyzed using the AMOS-23 program. Results of the analysis showed that social and communication skills were strongly negatively related to digital game addiction, while communication skills were a solid mediator between social skills and digital game addiction. When the results are evaluated holistically, it is thought that digital games are an …
Anahtar Kelimeler
Behavioral addiction | Communication skills | Digital game addiction | Online game | Social skills