Digital Game Addiction in Adolescents

NCT05339035 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: lecturer
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 62
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The research will be carried out on students studying at public secondary schools in the city center of Amasya. First of all, the digital game addiction levels of secondary school students who are randomly divided into experimental and control groups will be determined, and then students with digital game addiction will be included in the individual motivational interview program, which will last 6 sessions. In the last stage of the research, hippotherapy will be applied to the students 1 day a week for 8 weeks. The effect of motivational interviewing and hippoterain on digital game addiction will be investigated by pre-testing at the beginning of the research and post-testing at the end.

Conditions

Digital Technology; Behavior, Addictive; Adolescent; Motivation

Keywords

Digital Technology; Behavior, Addictive; Adolescent; Motivation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from baseline in the 24-item Digital Game Addiction Scale score for Children at 8 weeks.

  The Digital Game Addiction Scale for Children is a validated, self-report tool that assesses the level of digital game addiction. The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is "24" and the highest score is "120". In the grading of the scale scoring; It is evaluated as "1-24: Normal group, 25-48: Low risk group, 49-72 Risk group, 73-96 Dependent group, 97-120 Highly dependent group". Change = ( Week 8 score - Baseline score).

  Baseline and Week 8

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change from baseline in the 12-item Digital Game Addiction Awareness Scale score in 8 weeks.

  Baseline and Week 8

Other Outcomes (4)

• Change in motivation to play digital games in the 19-item Digital Gaming Motivation Scale score at 8 weeks from baseline.

  Baseline and Week 8

• Change from baseline in the 41-item Social Support Assessment Scale score for Children and Adolescents at 8 weeks.

  Baseline and Week 8

• Change from baseline in the 18-item Digital Game Playing Attitude Scale score in 8 weeks.

  Baseline and Week 8

Study Arms (2)

experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

In the first stage, the participants will be trained according to the IMB model. In the second stage, 6 sessions of individual motivational interviews will be held for a total of 7 weeks. Finally, participants will be given hippotherapy 1 hour a week for 8 weeks.

Behavioral: Training based on IMB model, motivational interview technique, hippotherapy program

control group

NO INTERVENTION

attempt will not be implemented.

Interventions

Training based on IMB model, motivational interview technique, hippotherapy program BEHAVIORAL

In the first stage of the research, the "Digital Game Addiction Scale for Children" will be applied to the entire universe and participants with a digital game addiction score of 73 and above will be determined. According to the criteria of inclusion in the research, students will be informed and those who volunteer to participate in the study will be determined and listed. After the experimental and control groups are determined, the participants will be contacted and data collection forms will be applied. The students in the experimental group will be trained according to the IMB model, the students in the experimental group will be given a 6-session motivational interview program and the students will be taken to the hippotherapy program, which lasts 1 hour once a week for 8 weeks. Hippotherapy applications will be carried out at the horse farm in Amasya, accompanied by expert horsemen.

experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 10 Years - 14 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Being an official secondary school student
• Not having a physical disability
• Not doing sports/exercise for at least 30 minutes each time, 3 days a week
• Having a score of 73 or higher on the Digital Game Addiction Scale for Children
• Not riding a horse regularly
• Not afraid of horses and willing to ride

You may not qualify if:

• Being a private secondary school student
• Having a physical disability
• Do sports/exercise for at least 30 minutes each time, 3 days a week
• Having a score of 72 or less on the Digital Game Addiction Scale for Children
• Regular horseback riding
• Fear of horses and not willingness to ride

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Aslı Memis: lead

Study Sites (1)

Amasya University

Amasya, Merkez, 05100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Memis A, Kocatas S. Effects of motivational interviews and hippotherapy on the digital game addiction levels of adolescents: Randomized controlled clinical trial. J Pediatr Nurs. 2025 Sep-Oct;84:133-141. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2025.05.024. Epub 2025 May 30.

  PMID: 40449239 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Behavior, Addictive

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Compulsive Behavior; Impulsive Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Semra Zorlu, ass. prof.

  Sivas Cumhuriyet Univercity

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 10, 2022
• First Posted: April 21, 2022
• Study Start: February 3, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 26, 2023
• Study Completion: April 22, 2024
• Last Updated: December 18, 2024

Record last verified: 2022-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, ICF
• Time Frame: 2 years
• Access Criteria: The Council of Higher Education will be shared from the thesis center.

Locations

TU (1)