Examining the relationship between university students' digital game addiction and their motivation to participate in e-sports

This study aims to examine the relationship between university students' digital game addiction and their motivation to participate in e-sports. The other aim of the study is to examine whether the motivation to play digital games and digital game addiction levels vary in marital status, age, gender, education and work life and similar situations. In our study, the survey technique was applied using the data collection method and was carried out on a voluntary basis. In the study, 570 people who were determined by convenience sampling method among the students of the School of Physical Education and Sports studying at Istanbul Gelisim University constitute the sample. In addition to the personal information form, Digital Game Playing Scale and Digital Game Addiction Scale were applied to the participants. After the analysis of the study was entered into the SPSS 25.0 package program, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality test was applied and it was determined that the data did not show normal distribution. In addition, reliability analysis, descriptive analysis, Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis and Spearman Chorealization analysis were applied to the research group. As a result, it was determined that there was a moderate positive relationship between the participants' motivation to play digital games and digital game addiction. As a result of this situation, it shows that as the motivation to play digital games increases, the level of digital game addiction tends to increase.