Digital Game Addiction and Cyberbullying in Adolescents

Motivational Interviewing Supported Health Education on Digital Game Addiction and Cyberbullying inAdolescents Impact on Behavior

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Level of Digital Game Addiction; Level of Cyberbullying
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: health education supported by motivational interviewing

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 48
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Çankaya/Türkiye
    • Ankara, Çankaya/Türkiye, Turkey, 06490
      • Gazi University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control
Experimental: Intervention; The intervention group will receive health education supported by motivational interviewing.	Other: health education supported by motivational interviewing; The intervention group will receive health education supported by motivational interviewing consisting of 6 sessions. Within the scope of the intervention, the first two sessions will be health education and the last four sessions will be motivational interviewing.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Digital Game Addiction Scale-7	The scale consists of a total of seven items and has a five-point Likert scale. The respondent is asked to choose one of the options "never= 1", "rarely= 2", "sometimes= 3", "often= 4", "always= 5". The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 7 and the highest score is 35. Two methods, monothetic and polythetic, are used to determine the gaming addiction status. In the monothetic method, if the individual who answers the questionnaire gives a score of 3 (sometimes) or more to all items, and in the polythetic method, if he/she gives a score of 3 (sometimes) or more to at least four of all items, he/she is characterized as a game addict.	baseline
Revised Cyberbullying Inventory-II	Participants answer the 10 items presented in two parallel forms twice on a 4-point scale (1 = never, 2 = once, 3 = two or three times, 4 = more than three times) to evaluate the cyberbullying behaviors they have done and been exposed to. The lowest score that can be obtained from the inventory is 10 and the highest score is 40. If the participants in the study mark any of the 10 items in the "I did it" section of the inventory with a score of at least "2 points = once" or higher, they are classified as "Cyber Bully". If the participants mark "1 point = Never" for all 10 items in the "I did it" section of the inventory, they are classified as "Never Cyberbullied".	baseline
Digital Game Addiction Scale-7	The scale consists of a total of seven items and has a five-point Likert scale. The respondent is asked to choose one of the options "never= 1", "rarely= 2", "sometimes= 3", "often= 4", "always= 5". The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 7 and the highest score is 35. Two methods, monothetic and polythetic, are used to determine the gaming addiction status. In the monothetic method, if the individual who answers the questionnaire gives a score of 3 (sometimes) or more to all items, and in the polythetic method, if he/she gives a score of 3 (sometimes) or more to at least four of all items, he/she is characterized as a game addict.	first week
Revised Cyberbullying Inventory-II	Participants answer the 10 items presented in two parallel forms twice on a 4-point scale (1 = never, 2 = once, 3 = two or three times, 4 = more than three times) to evaluate the cyberbullying behaviors they have done and been exposed to. The lowest score that can be obtained from the inventory is 10 and the highest score is 40. If the participants in the study mark any of the 10 items in the "I did it" section of the inventory with a score of at least "2 points = once" or higher, they are classified as "Cyber Bully". If the participants mark "1 point = Never" for all 10 items in the "I did it" section of the inventory, they are classified as "Never Cyberbullied".	first week
Digital Game Addiction Scale-7	The scale consists of a total of seven items and has a five-point Likert scale. The respondent is asked to choose one of the options "never= 1", "rarely= 2", "sometimes= 3", "often= 4", "always= 5". The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 7 and the highest score is 35. Two methods, monothetic and polythetic, are used to determine the gaming addiction status. In the monothetic method, if the individual who answers the questionnaire gives a score of 3 (sometimes) or more to all items, and in the polythetic method, if he/she gives a score of 3 (sometimes) or more to at least four of all items, he/she is characterized as a game addict.	twelfth week
Revised Cyberbullying Inventory-II	Participants answer the 10 items presented in two parallel forms twice on a 4-point scale (1 = never, 2 = once, 3 = two or three times, 4 = more than three times) to evaluate the cyberbullying behaviors they have done and been exposed to. The lowest score that can be obtained from the inventory is 10 and the highest score is 40. If the participants in the study mark any of the 10 items in the "I did it" section of the inventory with a score of at least "2 points = once" or higher, they are classified as "Cyber Bully". If the participants mark "1 point = Never" for all 10 items in the "I did it" section of the inventory, they are classified as "Never Cyberbullied".	twelfth week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Gazi University
• Collaborators: Gazi University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 15, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 31, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 26, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 1, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): February 5, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 26, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 25, 2024
• Last Verified: July 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: adolescent; health education; cyberbullying; motivational interview; digital game addiction
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Compulsive Behavior; Impulsive Behavior; Aggression; Bullying; Behavior, Addictive; Cyberbullying
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2023 - 1035

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No