An Investigation of Relationship Between Digital Game Addiction, Peer Bullying and Sportsmanship Attitudes of Secondary School Pupils

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the concepts of peer bullying and sportsmanship, which are considered as factors related to digital game addiction, which is an important problem for secondary school students. When the relevant literature is reviewed, it is observed that the literature has studies on "addiction to digital games" and "bullying", but studies that deal with the concepts of "digital game addiction, peer bullying, and sportsmanship" are few. This study was designed according to the quantitative research model and a relational screening pattern was applied accordingly. The subjects of this research consist of 1088 students studying in the 2021 to 2022 academic year. The method of "stratified sampling and maximum variation sampling" was applied for selecting suitable subjects. Necessary data were collected through Demographic Information Form, Digital Game Addiction for Children, Peer Bullying Detection, and Sportsmanship Behavior Scales in Physical Training Class. In this study, the SPSS 20.0 Statistical Package Program was used to assess the obtained data. T-test and one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Tukey Test Statistics and Pearson Correlation and Multiple Regression methods of analysis were used along with descriptive statistical methods for analysing applicable data. As a result of the analyzes made, it was seen that the relationship between the scale scores of the participants was statistically significant. However, it can be said that digital game addiction is an important predictor of peer bullying and so it negatively affects interpersonal social relations in terms of sportsmanship.