Clinical trial NCT06721702: Motivational Interviewing and Addiction
Official title: The Effect of Motivational Interviewing on Internet Addiction and Digital Game Addiction in Adolescents
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Internet Addiction
Game Addiction, Video
Keywords: motivational interviewing
Adolescent
digital game addiction
problematic internet use
Lead sponsor: Gazi University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-12-06
Enrollment: 88
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 14
Maximum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE

Brief summary: The increasing use of the internet makes understanding games among adolescents different by moving it to the virtual environment and increases the digital game addiction risk. Especially among adolescents, digital games have become a popular activity and often a means of socialization. With the widespread use of smartphones, digital gaming has transformed from computer and console-based to a multi-platform activit. In addition, long-term digital games cause symptoms such as anxiety and depression through increased interpersonal loneliness and decreased relationships. This situation has caused recent research to focus on the effects of digital gaming activities on individuals.

Detailed description: Internet addiction and digital game addiction, which are the negative side of rapidly developing digital technologies and increasing internet accessibility, are of global concern. Therefore, implementing interventions for internet and digital game addiction can be an effective approach to prevent physical, mental, environmental, and social problems caused by addiction. In this context, it is predicted that motivational interviewing may be an appropriate approach in combating internet and digital game addiction. Motivational interviewing is a client-centered psychotherapeutic approach that helps the person with ambivalence make positive decisions, achieve specific and better goals, and increase internal motivation for change. It is thought that motivational interviewing could contribute to reducing addictive behaviors by evaluating the effect of motivational interviewing on both internet addiction and digital game addiction at the same time.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being a ninth-grade student
* Being in the intention or pre-intention stage according the change assessment form
* Being addicted to digital games
* Having family approval
* Volunteering to participate in the research

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having any physical and mental illness

Primary outcomes:
measure: Internet Addiction
timeFrame: 6 months up to July 2024
measure: Digital Game Addiction
timeFrame: 6 months up to July 2024
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Sivas
country: Turkey
facility: Şehit Muhammet Onur Demir Anadolu High School, Halis Gülle Anadolu High School
Study officials:
References:
citation: Jiang YS, Liu TH, Qin D, Wang ZP, He XY, Chen YN. Effects of non-pharmacological interventions on youth with internet addiction: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Front Psychiatry. 2024 Jan 11;14:1327200. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1327200. eCollection 2023.