The Relationship between Game Addiction and Personality Traits

Abstract

This study aims to examine the relationship between children's game addiction and personality traits and whether children's game addiction levels differ significantly according to age, class level, and gender. This research was conducted on teenagers in the British high school of Kosovo, which is located in Pristina. The sample was composed of 239 teenagers studying at high school in Kosovo in the academic year of 2016-2017. The sample of the study consisted of 239 teenagers between the ages of 12-17. 130 (54.4%) of the participants were female and 109 (45.6%) were male. In the research, first of all, the normality of the data was tested, and since it was determined that the data were normally distributed, analyzes were carried out using parametric tests. As a result of the analysis, game addiction of children was found to be negatively correlated with a personality tra, and positively correlated with a neurotic personality trait. No relationship was found between game addiction and personality traits such as extraversion. There was no significant mean difference between game addiction and age, gender, and grade level. As a result, there is a relationship between game addiction and tender-mindedness personality traits and neuroticism. The fact that game addiction is not related to age and grade level may be due to the fact that the sample has similar developmental characteristics.