Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry & Psychology Vol.5 Issue.3

Doi:10.35365/ctjpp.23.3.10

REVIEW ARTICLE / DERLEME YAZISI

Online Game Addiction: A Literature Review on Problems and Solutions

Online Oyun Bağımlılığı: Sorunlar ve Çözümler Üzerine Bir Literatür Taraması

Melis Karakuş1, Emre Vadi Balcı2, Salih Tiryaki3

Abstract:

Online game addiction is among the biggest psychological and physiological disorders of today’s technological world. Parallel to the development of computer and internet technologies, the change in the gaming industry and the fact that online games appeal to everyone without any age limit has brought many problems with it. One of them is online game addiction. Online game addiction refers to a process that includes various variables and it is very difficult to make a definitive diagnosis. Many studies have been carried out in order to understand online game addiction and to reveal the various variables that lie within it. In the study, existing studies were scanned with the literature review research method, and solutions were presented considering the problems and results.

Keywords: online game addiction, behavioral addiction, internet addiction

1PhD candidate, Selcuk University, Social Sciences Institute, Konya-Turkey, [email protected], Orcid ID: 0000-0002-5758-7792

2Assoc. Prof., Usak University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Journalism, Uşak-Turkey, [email protected],  Orcid ID: 0000-0002-9687-0849

3Assoc. Prof. Dr., Selcuk University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Journalism, Konya-Turkey, [email protected],  Orcid ID: 0000-0002-0966-3359

Address of Correspondence/Yazışma Adresi: Melis Karakuş, Selcuk University, Social Sciences Institute, Konya-Turkey, Email: [email protected]

Date of Received/Geliş Tarihi: 20.02.2023, Date of Revision/Düzeltme Tarihi: 26.08.2023, Date of Acceptance/Kabul Tarihi: 06.09.2023, Date of Online Publication/Çevirimiçi Yayın Tarihi: 22.09.2023

Citing/Referans Gösterimi: Karakuş, M., Balcı, E. & Tiryaki, S. (2023). Online Game Addiction: A Literature Review on Problems and Solutions, Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry & Psychology, 5(3): 274-279

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