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ADDICTA: The Turkish Journal on Addictions

12 46 2025

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Original Articles

The Relationship between Undergraduate Students’ Online Gaming Motivations, Gaming Addiction, and Online Prosocial Behaviors*

Muhammed Enes Keskinkılıç ¹ , Selen Demirtaş Zorbaz ²

Author Affiliation(s)

1.

Guidance and Psychological Counseling, Bartın University, Bartın, Türkiye

2.

Guidance and Psychological Counseling, Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye

Addicta 2025; 12: 382-388

DOI: 10.5152/ADDICTA.2025.25094

Keywords : Gaming addiction, gaming motivation, online gaming, online prosocial behavior

Read: 9 Downloads: 2 Published: 26 December 2025

Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2025

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This study examined the role of university students’ gaming addictions and online gaming motivations in predicting their online prosocial behaviors. The data collection instruments used in the study were the Personal Information Form, Online Prosocial Behavior Scale for University Students, Motives for Online Gaming Questionnaire, and Digital Game Addiction Scale for University Students. A total of 452 under graduate students participated in the study. According to the multiple linear regression analysis results, the model variables explained 11% of the variance in online prosocial behavior. However, gaming addiction and coping/escapism, fun, fantasy, and competition motivations were not significant predictors of online proso cial behaviors. The findings were discussed, and recommendations were presented.

Cite this article as: Keskinkılıç, M. E., & Demirtaş-Zorbaz, S. (2025). The relationship between undergraduate students’ online gaming motivations, gaming addiction, and online prosocial behaviors. Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions, 12(4), 382-388.

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