The relationships between the digital game addiction, alexithymia and metacognitive problems in adolescents

Abstract

The relationships between the digital game addiction, alexithymia and metacognitive problems in adolescents Ergen yaş grubunda dijital oyun bağımlılığı, aleksitimi ve üst biliş problemleri arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi SUMMARY Objective: Digital game addiction has become a diffuse problem among adolescents. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationships between digital game addiction, alexithymia personality traits and metacognitive problems in adolescents. Method: 664 adolescents (51% male, n=339, 49% female, n=325) from three secondary school in Istanbul were included in this study. The mean age of male and female participants was 12.89±1.29, and 12.58±1.53 respectively. Digital game addiction scale for children (DGASFC), 20 item Toronto alexithymia scale (TAS-20), and the metacognition questionnaire for children and adolescents (MCQ-C) were applied to participants. The correlation coefficients between the scales were analyzed with Spearmen's rank order correlation test. The predictability of TAS-20 and MCQ-C subscale scores, gender and age on the status of digital game addiction was tested with binary logistic regression analysis. Results: There were positive correlations between DGASFC and TAS-20 total (r=.275), factor 1 (r=.250), factor 2 (r=.159), factor 3 (r=.175) scores, and MCQ-C total (r=.180) and factor 1 (r=.109) scores. Results of the binary regression analysis revealed that TAS-20 factor 1 and factor 3, and MCQ-C factor 1 scores, and the gender predict the status of digital game addiction, significantly. Discussion: It is suggested that addressing the problems of identifying and expressing the emotions, and metacognitive problems may increase the treatment success of the adolescents presenting with digital game addiction.

The Relationship between Game Addiction, Emotional Autonomy and Emotion Regulation in Adolescents: A Multiple Mediation Model

“…It can be seen that gaming addiction is positively correlated with trait anxiety (Mehroof & Griffiths, 2010), shyness (Ayas, 2012), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, depression and anxiety (Andreassen et al, 2016), alexithymia (Yavuz et al, 2019), bullying cognitions (Kılıç, 2019) and social anxiety (Başdaş & Özbey, 2020;Taş & Güneş, 2019); while it is negatively correlated with emotion regulation and school engagement (Liu et al, 2017), need for autonomy and relationship (Dursun & Eraslan-Çapan, 2018) and social support (Ücan, 2018). It can be seen that game addiction is positively correlated with mental health problems.…”