The effect of digital game addiction of university students on communication skills

In the study, it is aimed to determine whether the digital game addiction of university students has an effect on their communication skills. In addition, it is aimed to determine whether there is a significant difference in the digital game addiction and communication skills of university students according to various variables, level of digital game addiction, communication skills. Correlational research, which is among the quantitative studies, was preferred in the research in line with the stated purposes. The universe of the research consists of university students studying at İnönü University in the 2020-2021 academic year. The sample of the study consists of 712 students from the universe, who were determined by "Simple Random Sampling". Three data collection tools were used in the study. The first of the data collection tools is the "Personal Information Form", which includes the demographic information of the university students participating in the research; The second is the "Communication Skills Scale" and the third is the "Digital Game Addiction Scale". The research data collected with the mentioned data collection tools were analyzed using descriptive statistical methods as well as Independent Samples t-Test, One-Way Analysis of Variance, Pearson Correlation and Simple Linear Regression Analysis, since they show normal distribution. As a result of the research, it was determined that there is a moderately significant relationship between digital game addiction and communication skills of university students. Similarly, on the basis of sub-dimensions, it was determined that there is a moderately significant relationship between digital game addiction and communication skills. In addition, it was determined in the study that digital game addiction is a significant predictor of communication skills. In the study, it was determined that digital game addiction positively affects the level of communication skills at a moderate level, and the level of digital game addiction explains about half of the variance on the communication skills level. Keywords: Digital game addiction, communication skills, university students