Adaptation Study of Computer Game Addiction Scale to Albanian Language

Abstract

The aim of this study is to adapt the sub-dimensions related to game addiction of the Computer Addiction Scale developed by Çakır, Ayas & Horzum, 2011 into the Albanian context. The original of the scale consists of three sub-dimensions, “internet addiction”, "prefering playing computer game to other activities and disrupting the tasks" and "inability to quit playing computer game and associate it with real life", and a total of 51 items. Only two sub-dimensions of the scale, which are related to game addiction, "preferring games to other activities and disrupting tasks" and "being unable to quit the game and associating it with real life" were adapted and the scale was named as Computer Game Addiction. The adaptation of the instrument began with translation, continued with an examination of the linguistic equivalence, and finalized with analyses of validity and reliability. The scale items were initially translated by one of the researchers. The translation was examined by four experts (two Albanian Language and two Educational Sciences experts with PhD degrees in their field) with good Albanian proficiency to finalize the Albanian version. To verify the linguistic equivalence, both the Turkish and Albanian versions were then administered to 15 students that being educated in Faculty of Education in Prizren State University of Kosovo with one-week break. The correlation findings showed there were positive significant correlation between the Turkish and Albanian versions. The Albanian version was administered to 250 university students studying in Faculties of Psychology and Computer Engineering of AAB University of Kosovo, to check its validity and reliability. The results obtained from confirmatory factor analysis and the reliability analysis indicate that the Albanian version of the scale is valid and reliable.