DEFINING THE LEVELS OF COMPUTER GAME ADDICTION OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

This study aims to define the levels of computer game addiction of the 4th and 5th grade primary school students. The study used survey model. The study group was composed of 372 students from each age group. The data ofthe research were gathered by “Personal Infotmation Form” and “Computer Game Addication Scale”. Arithmetic mean, standard deviation, independent sampling t test, ANOVA and LSD tests were performed on collected data. The results showed that student scores of computer game eddition were low, but male students’ scores were higher than female ones. On the ather hand, someone had a computer at home, mothers’ education level were high were found to have higher score than others. There were no significant diffrence among classrooms and education level of fathers from the computer game addiction point of views.