Assosiation between digital gaming addiction, agression and socialization

It is thought that digital gaming addiction has many psychological effects. In this study it was aimed to investigate association between digital gaming addiction level, aggression, social anxiethy, perceived social support and alienation. For this aim, Socio Demographic Questionnaire, Game Addiction Scale, Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BAQ), Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), Dean's Alienation Scale were applied to 18 – 30 aged young adults who were selected by using snowball sampling method. Results of this study showed that, significant and positively relationship was found between age factor and digital game addiction level. When it was investigating relationship between sexualty and digital gaming addiction, results showed that being male is significantly and high level, related to digital gaming addiction. Circumstance of having a computer at home was found significantly high correlated with dimensions of salience, tolerance and mood modification. Social alienation and dimension of social isolation and digital gamind addiction level was found positively significant. Digital gaming addiction level and perceived social support and dimension of family was found negatively correlated. Digital gaming level and social anxiethy and dimensions of anxiethy and avoidance was found positively significant. Digital gaming addiction and aggression; between the dimensions of psychal aggression, anger, hostility and verbal aggression was found positively significant. This study aims to contribute to literature about digital gaming addiction.