Digital Game Addiction and Cyberbullying in Adolescents

Gazi University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Level of Cyberbullying; Level of Digital Game Addiction

Treatments: Other: health education supported by motivational interviewing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06241989

2023 - 1035

Details and patient eligibility

About

With the widespread use of technology and internet, digital game addiction and cyberbullying behaviors have increased among adolescents. Effective interventions are needed to prevent these behaviors. The aim of the study is to determine the effect of health education supported by motivational interviewing on digital game addiction and cyberbullying behaviors in adolescents. The research will be conducted with a randomized controlled trial design. The intervention group will receive six sessions of motivational interviewing-supported health education. Within the scope of the intervention, the first two sessions will be health education and the last four sessions will be motivational interviewing. It is planned that each session will be 35 minutes and the sessions will be implemented one week apart.

Enrollment: 48 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 16 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Continuing 9th grade education
• Volunteering to participate in the research
• Being given permission by their families to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Having problems understanding and speaking Turkish
• Visual-hearing impairment
• Having a neuropsychiatric disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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48 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group will receive health education supported by motivational interviewing.

Treatment:

Other: health education supported by motivational interviewing

Control

No Intervention group