Investigation of the relationship between digital game dependence level and social support and emotion regulation in adolescents

This study was made to identify how the relationship is between teengers sensation level and social support in the event that teenagers who use digital game addicition level icreases and also the state how its effect will be if there is any relationship between then. In accordance with this aim different forms related with personal information, digital game addiction scale (DOBÖ-7), perceived social support scale (ASDÖ-R) and emotion regulation scale (EİDÖ) were practiced to totally 639 volunteer; students from high school 315 boys- 324 girls. For results man witney u test, kruskal wallis test and sperman correlation analysis metdhod were used. According to analysis; it is clear that there is a relationship between points ofdigital game addiction scale and subdimension of social support and their sensation level. When level of digital game addiction increases, it is seen that social support decreases and also sensation level that is functional in subdemension decreases; but senation level that is not functional increases. Results were argued in the field of literature and some suggestions were affered. Keywords: Emotion Regulation, Perceived Social Support, Digital Game Addiction