The effect of relationship of middle school and high school age children 12-17 years old with their parents on the internet gaming disorder

In the world of today, internet and games has become a very easy position to access. This accessibility can lead to many negative situations. Children and adolescents are the most affected by these negative situations. The aim of this research is examine the correlation between internet gaming disorder and the relationship of children between the ages of 12-17 and with their parents. The sample of this research consists the students who are officially studying under the National Education Directorate of Kadıköy district of Istanbul and their parents. 160 students and 160 parents are selected from this sample. Participants in the study used Socio-Demographic Form, the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale(IGDS) and the Parent's Communication Scale With Their Child. In the analysis of the data descriptive statistics were used such as frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum. Parametric tests were used in the analysis of the data. Independent Sample T Test was used to compare the mean of two independent groups and One-Way ANOVA Test was used to compare means of more than two independent groups. In the ANOVA test, if variance homogeneity was achieved for group differences Tukey HSD was used. And if it's not the Multiple Comparison (Post-Hoc) Techniques was used. Pearson Correlation Coefficient was calculated for relation analysis of scales. Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient was used for reliability analysis of the scales. All test results were found at 0.05 significance level.