Adaptation of Digital Addiction Scale for Children (DASC) into Turkish

Yılmaz, E, Durmaz, N and Griffiths, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, 2023. Adaptation of Digital Addiction Scale for Children (DASC) into Turkish. Psycho-Educational Research Reviews, 12 (3), pp. 599-611. ISSN 2634-7172

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Abstract

Although, digital devices have numerous applications that children can benefit from, they may cause specific problems such as addiction. There are many empirical studies assessing digital addictions among Turkish adolescents and young adults. However, few empirical studies have been carried out among Turkish children probably due to the lack of an assessment tool. Therefore, the present study translated and validated the 25-item Digital Addiction Scale for Children (DASC) for Children into Turkish (DASTC). Data were collected from 694 Turkish schoolchildren aged 9-12 years (M=10.5 years; SD=0.92; 50.8% girls). The internal consistency of DASTC was calculated as α=0.92. The Videogame Addiction Scale for Children (VASC) was used to test for convergent validity and they were significantly correlated (r=0.75). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) showed that the established two-factor model had a near-perfect fit. In addition, digital addiction scores of boys and older aged children (11-12 years) were significantly higher than girls and younger aged children (9 years).

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Psycho-Educational Research Reviews
Creators:	Yılmaz, E., Durmaz, N. and Griffiths, M.
Publisher:	Biruni University, Faculty of Education
Date:	13 December 2023
Volume:	12
Number:	3
ISSN:	2634-7172
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.52963/perr_biruni_v12.n3.06 DOI 1847660 Other
Rights:	© 2023 Psycho-Educational Research Reviews. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	20 Dec 2023 12:00
Last Modified:	20 Dec 2023 12:00
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/50582

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