Investigation of the relationship between middle children's attachment styles and computer game addiction

In this study, it is aimed to examine the relationship between 3, 4, 5 and 6th gradestudents' computer game addiction and children's attachment styles. Forthispurpose, scales were applied to 150 students studying at Private Atacan Educational Institutions in Kadıköy district of Istanbul province in the academic year 2020-2021. Sociodemographic Data Form, Kerns Secure Attachment Scale, Experiences in Close Relationships II Inventory, and Children's Computer Game Addiction Scale were used in the study. The data used in the study were transferred to computer environment and analyzed with the help of IBM SPSS 25.0. The Pearson correlation test was used to examine the relationship between middle childhood children's attachment styles and computer game addiction. As a result of the study, it was observed that there were significant differences between children's attachment styles and computer game addiction. According to the findings, the four sub-dimensions of the computer game addiction scale for children, being unable to stop playing games on a computer and being uncomfortable when prevented, associating the computer game with imagination and real life, disrupting their tasks due to playing computer games, preferring playing computer games too the ractivities were negative with the kerns attachment scale. It has been found that there is a directional and moderate correlation relationship, that is, there is a decrease in secureattachment. On the other hand, it was observed that there was a positive relationship with anxiety and avoidancesub-dimensions, and there was an increase in avoidance levels. Keywords: computer game addiction, attachment styles, middle childhood, secure attachment, anxious attachment, avoid antattachment.