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Abstract

This study aimed to compare the means of game addiction scores before and after the experiment conducted on the experimental group and the control group, 2) the means of game addiction scores of the experimental group and the control group after the experiment, and 3) the means of game addiction scores from parents of the experimental group participants before and after the experiment. The participants included 50 students in grades 8-9 from Wattanothaipayap School, Chiang Mai Province. 25 of the students were assigned to the experimental group, while the remaining 25 formed the control group. The experiment lasted for six weeks in total. The research instruments included a game addictionevaluation form and the Physical Activity Program based on Self-Regulation Theory, which is designed to decrease game addiction among lower secondary school students. The data was analysed using mean, standard deviation, and t-test.The results indicate that the mean of the game addiction scores of the experimentalgroup after the experiment was significantly lower than before the experiment (p < 0.05), while the mean score of the control group after the experiment was not significantly differentfrom before the experiment (p < 0.05). After the experiment, the mean of game addiction scores among the experimental group was found to be significantly lower compared to the control group (p < 0.05). Similarly, the mean of game addiction scores from parents of the participants in the experimental group decreased significantly after the experiment (p < 0.05).

Publisher

Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.EDUCU.48.3.11

First Page

184

Last Page

196

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