Abstract
Objective
Traditional children's games can protect the physical, emotional, and mental health
of children. This study was conducted to determine the effect of traditional children's
games on internet addiction, social skills, and stress level.
Methods
A pre-test/post-test quasi-experimental design with a control group was used. The
population of the study consisted of a fifth- and sixth-grade students studying at
two secondary schools in a city of Turkey. A total of 42 students — 20 in the intervention
group and 22 in the control group — were included in the study. The Family–Child Internet
Addiction Scale, the Social Skills Assessment Scale, the Social Skills Scale, and
the Perceived Stress Scale in Children (8–11 years) were used to collect the data.
The intervention group received eight weeks of traditional children's games.
Results
There was no significant difference between the intervention and control groups in
terms of internet use, social skills, and stress level in the pre-test (p > 0.05). There was a statistically significant difference between groups in terms
of daily and weekly internet use in the post-test (p < 0.05). The mean scores regarding social skills of the intervention group increased
after the games compared with the control group (p < 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between the groups in
terms of stress-level mean scores (p > 0.05).
Conclusions
The results showed that traditional children's games may be effective in reducing
internet use and increasing social skills, however they do not affect stress level.
Childhood is important for physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development. Therefore,
in the school settings, traditional children's games can be used for the protection
and promotion of children's health.
Keywords
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Publication history
Published online: April 28, 2022
Accepted:
April 17,
2022
Received in revised form:
April 13,
2022
Received:
September 15,
2021
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