Digital risks and adolescents: The relationships between digital game addiction, emotional eating, and aggression

CANER N., EVGİN D.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, cilt.30, sa.6, ss.1599-1609, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/inm.12912
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Psycinfo, Violence & Abuse Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1599-1609
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: adolescent health, aggression, digital game, eating behaviour, nursing, INTERNET USE, VIDEO GAMES, BODY-IMAGE, DISORDER PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, TURKISH VERSION, SOCIAL MEDIA, CHILDREN, VIOLENT, SCALE, RELIABILITY
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Nowadays, weight gain and obesity are major health-threatening issues for children. Emotional eating, a negative health condition that can lead to obesity in children, is a defence mechanism for coping with negative emotions. This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the relationships between emotional eating behaviour and digital game addiction, which can cause stress and aggression in adolescents. This study was conducted with 856 adolescents from the Mediterranean region of Turkey. The data were collected using a personal information form, the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ), the Digital Game Addiction Scale (DGAS-7), and the Emotional Eating Scale (EES). In this study, 32.4% of the adolescents were addicted to digital games. The male adolescents had higher BPAQ, DGAS, and EES mean scores. There was also a relationship between digital game addiction, aggressive behaviour, and emotional eating. This is a significant study because it shows that digital game addiction and aggressive behaviour are important determinants of emotional eating. The results of this study indicate that emotional eating is a component of digital game addiction that increases the risk of adolescent obesity.