The Mediating Role of Leisure Time Management in the Relationship Between Smartphone and Digital Game Addiction Among Adolescents

OpenAlex İngilizce

The primary purpose of this research is to examine whether smartphone addiction and digital game addiction have a positive impact on adolescents’ leisure time management, and whether leisure time management functions serving as an intermediary variable in the link between smartphone addiction and digital game addiction. This research was carried out with the quantitative research method based on the relational research design from the relational screening model. A total of 594 high school students (388 females, 206 males) enrolled in secondary education took part voluntarily in the survey conducted in the city of Isparta. The Personal Information Form, Smartphone Addiction Scale, Digital Game Addiction Scale, and Leisure Time Management Scale were used to gather the required data. PROCESS Macro v3.3, was employed Model 4 with 5,000 bootstrap resamples at a 95% confidence level. The findings of the survey demonstrated that smartphone addiction exerted a statistically important influence on both leisure time management and digital game addiction among high school student. While smartphone addiction had a small positive effect on leisure time management, it had a strong positive and statistically significant influence on digital gaming addictions. Moreover, leisure time management was known to have a significant negative impact on digital game addiction. However, leisure time management did not have an important interceding role on connection between smartphone and digital game addiction. These results provide important insights into the effects of digital addictions on adolescents’ leisure behaviors.