Motivational Interviewing and Addiction (MI-IA-DGA)
December 5, 2024 updated by: Sultan Ayaz Alkaya, Gazi University
The Effect of Motivational Interviewing on Internet Addiction and Digital Game Addiction in Adolescents
The increasing use of the internet makes understanding games among adolescents different by moving it to the virtual environment and increases the digital game addiction risk.
Especially among adolescents, digital games have become a popular activity and often a means of socialization.
With the widespread use of smartphones, digital gaming has transformed from computer and console-based to a multi-platform activit.
In addition, long-term digital games cause symptoms such as anxiety and depression through increased interpersonal loneliness and decreased relationships.
This situation has caused recent research to focus on the effects of digital gaming activities on individuals.
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Internet addiction and digital game addiction, which are the negative side of rapidly developing digital technologies and increasing internet accessibility, are of global concern.
Therefore, implementing interventions for internet and digital game addiction can be an effective approach to prevent physical, mental, environmental, and social problems caused by addiction.
In this context, it is predicted that motivational interviewing may be an appropriate approach in combating internet and digital game addiction.
Motivational interviewing is a client-centered psychotherapeutic approach that helps the person with ambivalence make positive decisions, achieve specific and better goals, and increase internal motivation for change.
It is thought that motivational interviewing could contribute to reducing addictive behaviors by evaluating the effect of motivational interviewing on both internet addiction and digital game addiction at the same time.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
88
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
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Sivas, Turkey
- Şehit Muhammet Onur Demir Anadolu High School, Halis Gülle Anadolu High School
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Child
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Being a ninth-grade student
- Being in the intention or pre-intention stage according the change assessment form
- Being addicted to digital games
- Having family approval
- Volunteering to participate in the research
Exclusion Criteria:
• Having any physical and mental illness
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Basic Science
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Intervention group: Motivational Interviewing
The motivational interview, consisting of six sessions, including the preparation session, was applied to the intervention group.Each session lasted an average of 40 minutes.
Motivational interviewing sessions were conducted with nine different groups consisting of five people in the intervention group.
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Motivational interviews were administered as the intervention of the research.
Motivational interviewing consists of two stages.
In the first stage, the four principles of motivational interviewing (developing contradiction, showing empathy, supporting self-efficacy, and resolving resistance) are aimed at providing motivation in individuals.
The second stage is strengthening the commitment to change.
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No Intervention: Control Group
Control group did not receive any intervention other than the daily routine practices.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Internet Addiction
Time Frame: 6 months up to July 2024
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Internet Addiction Test Short Form (YIBT-SF) was developed by Young (1998). It was converted into a short form by Pawlikowski et al (2013). It is a 5-point Likert-type scale consisting of 12 items and a single factor adapted into Turkish by Kutlu et al. in 2016. The scores obtained from the scale vary between 12 and 60. High scores obtained from the scale indicate a high level of dependency. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient obtained in the reliability study was found to be 0.86 in adolescents. |
6 months up to July 2024
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Digital Game Addiction
Time Frame: 6 months up to July 2024
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The Digital Game Addiction Scale (DGAS) was developed by Lemmens et al. (2009) to determine the problematic digital game playing behaviors of adolescents aged 12 - 18 years.
The scale is a seven-item short form of the DGAS - 21, consisting of 21 items and seven sub-dimensions.
The validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the scale was conducted by Irmak and Erdoğan (2015).
The validity and reliability values of the original DGAS were 0.92 for Cronbach 's alpha.
The assessment is made using monoethic and polyethic diagnoses.
According to the monothetic diagnosis, a person is defined as "game addicted" if they score three (sometimes) or more on all seven items; according to the polyethic diagnosis, a person is defined as "game addicted" if they score three (sometimes) or more on at least four of the seven items.
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6 months up to July 2024
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Publications and helpful links
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Study record dates
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Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
December 11, 2023
Primary Completion (Actual)
June 15, 2024
Study Completion (Actual)
June 30, 2024
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
December 2, 2024
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
December 5, 2024
First Posted (Estimated)
December 6, 2024
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimated)
December 6, 2024
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
December 5, 2024
Last Verified
December 1, 2023
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 09.05.2023-757
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
NO
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.
No
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