The Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy Based Psycho-Education Program on the Level of Violent Content Digital Game Addiction and Aggressiveness.

Cognitive-behavioral play therapy-based psycho-education program is important because it shows that this type of intervention can reduce levels of violent content digital game addiction and aggressiveness in adolescents. This has implications for the development of effective prevention and intervention strategies and highlights the benefits of integrating play therapy and psycho-education techniques in treating addiction and aggression in youth. The main aim of this investigation is to examine the effect of cognitive-behavioral play therapy-based psycho-education program on the level of addiction to digital games with aggressive content and aggressiveness in children. The study was conducted with 219 students from 4th grade in a primary school in Turkey in 2020. The research, that has an experimental design, has one independent variable which is the cognitive-behavioral play therapy-based psycho-education program and two dependent variables which are digital game addiction and aggressiveness scores. Data was collected through "The Computer Game Addiction Scale for Children" and "Aggressiveness Scales". Data was analyzed by using the SPSS 22.00 packet program. According to the study findings, cognitive-behavioral play therapy-based psychoeducation program was found to have a significant effect on the level of digital game addiction and aggressiveness in the experimental group. However, a positive and high-level correlation was found between digital game addiction and aggressiveness through the correlation analysis. Finally, the findings of the study were discussed in the light of the relevant literature, and recommendations were made for further research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]