Investigation of the Relationship Between Digital Game Addiction and Cerebral Lateralization and Attention Skill in Individuals Among the Age of 18-20
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In this study, we aimed to examine the relationship between digital game addiction and cerebral lateralization and attention skills in sedentary young people. The individuals making up the sample were selected by randomization method. 100 sedentary subjects between the ages of 18-20 participated in the study voluntarily. Within the scope of the study, the digital game addiction scale and cerebral lateralization and attention tests were applied to the subjects. SPSS 22.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA) program was used for statistical procedures. Values were presented as mean, standard deviation and standard error and were examined at the 0.05 significance level. Shapiro-Wilk test was performed to test normality. A one-way analysis of variance and LSD post-hoc test were used to analyze the differences between groups, and the Pearson correlation test was applied to examine the relationship between the obtained values. According to the results obtained, no statistically significant difference was detected between the applications in terms of digital game addiction and cerebral lateralization averages (p>0.05). Similarly, based on the sub-dimensions, it was determined that there was no significant relationship between digital game addiction and attention skills (p>0.05). As a result, it can be said that there is no positive effect between digital game addiction and the valuesof cerebral lateralization and attention skills in young people.
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