Investigation of nursing students' addiction to digital game play and associated factors

Autor: Hasan Sağlam, Nuray Turan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: BMC Nursing, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1472-6955
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-024-02244-w
Popis: Abstract Aims It was conducted to investigate digital gaming addiction among nursing students and the associated factors of such addiction. Methods The descriptive and relationship-seeking study's universe included 1665 nursing students in three universities' nursing faculties and departments. The sample size was determined to be 774 based on a power analysis with a type I error rate of 0.05, a power of the test of 0.80 (α = 0.05, 1-β = 0.80), and an effect size of d = 0.10. Student Information Form, The Digital Game Addiction Scale (DGAS-7), and the Digital Game Playing Motivation Scale (DGPMS) were used to collect student information. Data analysis was performed using the Mann–Whitney U test, Kruskal–Wallis H test, Spearman correlation, and Binary Logistic Regression Model. Results It was found that 83.7% of the students were female, and the mean age and BMI were 20.03 ± 1.72 years and 21.98 ± 2.90 kg/m2, respectively. A statistically significant positive correlation was found between the students' Digital Game Addiction Scale and Digital Game Playing Motivation Scale Achievement and Energizing (r = 0.717), Curiosity and Social Acceptance (r = 0.612), and Uncertainty in Game Desire (r = -0.110) sub-dimensions mean scores (p
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