Relationship between physical activity levels and internet and game addiction of secondary school students

Relationship between Physical Activity Levels and Internet and Game Addiction of Secondary School Students Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of physical activity levels of secondary school students on internet and game addiction. Materials and Methods: The study is carried out with 409 students (50.4% boy - 49.6% girl) attending five different high school types in Bingöl province. Cognitive Behavioral Physical Activity Questionnaire (CBPAQ), Game Addiction Scale (GAS), Internet Addiction Scale (IAS) and Personal Information Form are used as data collection tools. Statistical analysis of the study is performed by using the screening model, which is a quantitative research technique, through SPSS 20.0 (IBM Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) program. Spearman's Rho correlation analysis technique is used to determine the relationships between the scales. The value p<0, 05 is considered as statistically significant in all analyses. Findings: The physical activity scores of the students showed a significant difference according to gender, type of school, class level, ways of evaluating their leisure time and family income level; but there is no significant difference according to family type, number of siblings, educational level and occupation of mother, educational level and occupation of father. While there is a significant difference in the average score of internet addiction according to school type, class level, leisure time, family income level and father's educational level; there is no significant difference according to gender, family type, and number of siblings, educational level and occupation of mother, occupation of father. While there is a significant difference in game addiction according to gender, way of evaluating leisure time, no significant difference is found between school type, class level, family type, number of siblings, family income level, mother's educational level and occupation, father's educational level and his occupation. Results: In the study, it is found that there is a positive and high level of meaningful relationship between internet addiction and game addiction but there is no relationship between physical activity and internet and game addiction. Keywords: Internet, game, addiction, physical activity.