The i̇nvestigation of predictive effect of the five factors personality traits on digital game addiction levels in adolescents

The aim of this study to examine the digital game addiction levels of high school students in different districts of Erzurum, in terms of their five factor personality traits. The research population was made up of 11783 high school students in Erzurum in the year 2017. The sample group was made up of 520 high school students; 292 male and 228 female students from 6 different high schools in 5 different districts of Erzurum. The schools were selected in accordance with simple random sampling methods. Data gathering tools of the research were Personal İnformation Form, Digital Game Addiction Scale and Adjective Based Personality Scale. Research was done via retional survey model. Data gathered was analyzed on SPSS programme and t-test, one way variance analysis (ANOVA) were used for the analysis of the data. When ANOVA results were conclusive, regression alaysis was used. In order to look at the relation between adjective based personality scale and digital game addiction scales, pearson correlation method was used. Upon inspection of the research results, it can be seen that digital game addiction levels of teenagers correctly predicted the agreeableness and emotional instability (neurotism) character traits of five factor character aspects. It was evident from the research that male students showed higher levels of addiction to digital games than female students. It was clear that difference between student grade and the place where gaming took place are also statistically relative with digital game addiction.