The Effect of Traditional Children's Games on Internet Use Stress Level of Primary School Students

NCT06081751 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Sbati
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 65
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Traditional games are games based on interpersonal communication and creativity, mostly involving physical activity. These aspects have positive contributions to the development of the child. Studies show that group games that include physical activity cause a decrease in children's stress levels. Playing as a team member and working for a common goal can contribute to the social development of the child. Today, with the development of technology, the interest in games played with the internet has increased, which has caused children to be drawn from the streets to their homes. Turning to internet games also prevents children from socializing and causes them to lead a sedentary life. Spending more time on internet games causes sleep problems, conflict with family members, decrease in school success, increase in stress level, and delay in social skills. It is stated that nurses have important responsibilities in preventing excessive internet use, which affects children's physical, mental and social development. It is thought that this study will help children spend their free time with activities that will positively affect their development through traditional children's games, and thus contribute to the reduction in internet usage times and stress levels.

Conditions

Internet; Stress Level

Keywords

stress; internet; traditional children's games

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• It is expected that there will be changes in the daily internet usage times of the students in the experimental group.

  with the survey

  8 weeks

• It is expected that there will be a change in the "Perceived Stress Scale for Children (8-11 years)" scores of the students in the experimental group.

  with the survey

  8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

İntervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Children in the intervention group will play traditional games for 60 minutes, 3 days a week for 8 weeks. The program to be implemented is as follows; Week 1 (Day 1 - I Sell Oil, I Sell Honey game, Day 2 - Snatch game, Day 3 - Corner Snatch Game) Week 2 (Day 1 - Handkerchief game, Day 2 - My Fire game, 3 Day 2 - Kurt Baba Game) Week 3 (Day 1 - Chubby game, Day 2 - Jump rope game, Day 3 - Mouse game in the middle) Week 4 (Day 1 - Rook dodgeball game, Day 2 - Stop game, Day 3 - Old cushion mouse game) Week 5 (Day 1 - I Sell Oil, I Sell Honey game, Day 2 - Snatch game, Day 3 - Corner Catch Game) Week 6 (Day 1 - Handkerchief grabbing game, Day 2 - My Fire game, Day 3 - Daddy Wolf Game) Week 7 (Day 1 - Chubby game, Day 2 - Jumping rope game, Day 3 - Mouse game in the middle) Week 8 ( Day 1 - Dodgeball game, Day 2 - Stopping game, Day 3 - Old matte mouse game)

Behavioral: Pretest; Behavioral: Posttest

Control Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

no intervention will be made

Behavioral: Pretest; Behavioral: Posttest

Interventions

Pretest BEHAVIORAL

Internet usage time, "How many hours do you use the Internet per day?" and "What is your weekly internet usage frequency?" will be questioned using questions. Child Perceived Stress Scale was developed by Snoeren-Hoefnagels (2014) and adapted to Turkish by Oral and Ersan in 2017. The scale consists of 9 items. It is a 4-point Likert type scale. It consists of a single sub-dimension. The answer "never" gets one point, and the answer "always" gets 4 points. In the scale that does not contain reverse items, the minimum score is 9 and the maximum score is 36. High scores from the scale questions mean that the individual's stress level is high. I

Also known as: Questionnaire (Including Internet Usage Time,Child Perceived Stress Scale )

Control Group; İntervention Group

Posttest BEHAVIORAL

Internet usage time, "How many hours do you use the Internet per day?" and "What is your weekly internet usage frequency?" will be questioned using questions. Child Perceived Stress Scale was developed by Snoeren-Hoefnagels (2014) and adapted to Turkish by Oral and Ersan in 2017. The scale consists of 9 items. It is a 4-point Likert type scale. It consists of a single sub-dimension. The answer "never" gets one point, and the answer "always" gets 4 points. In the scale that does not contain reverse items, the minimum score is 9 and the maximum score is 36. High scores from the scale questions mean that the individual's stress level is high. I

Also known as: Questionnaire (Including Internet Usage Time, Child Perceived Stress Scale)

Control Group; İntervention Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 11 Years - 13 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Approval by the student's family to participate in the study
• Completing the Internet Addiction Scale by their families
• Internet usage time is more than 2 hours a day and its frequency is every day
• Volunteering to participate in research

You may not qualify if:

• Having a physical, orthopedic or mental illness or disability that may interfere with playing
• Regular participation in sporting events
• Occurrence of unwanted injury during traditional children's games
• Not participating in the traditional children's play program for at least two weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Necmettin Erbakan University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Necmettin Erbakan University

Konya, 42000, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Dr. Lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 28, 2023
• First Posted: October 13, 2023
• Study Start: October 23, 2022
• Primary Completion: February 22, 2023
• Study Completion: February 22, 2023
• Last Updated: October 13, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)