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A Comparison of Turkish and Greek Parental Mediation Strategies for Digital Games for Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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While the pandemic affects the whole world, identifying and comparing its effects in different countries makes an essential contribution to the literature. This study aims to compare the mediation strategies of Greek and Turkish parents for the digital games played by children aged 48–72 months. Parental Mediation Strategies of Digital Games for Children (PMSDGC), developed in Turkey, was used in the study. According to Greek and Turkish participants, the validity and reliability study of the PMSDGC was redone in this study. Data were collected from the data collection tool whose validity and reliability were determined. The study results showed significant differences by country in the mediation strategies used by Turkish and Greek parents for their children. According to parents playing digital games with their children during the pandemic, significant differences were found in the mediation strategy.

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  2. Basic Education Department of Preschool Education, The University of Kafkas, Center Campus, 36100, Kars, Turkey

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Papadakis, S., Gözüm, A.İ.C., Kalogiannakis, M., Kandır, A. (2022). A Comparison of Turkish and Greek Parental Mediation Strategies for Digital Games for Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic. In: Papadakis, S., Kalogiannakis, M. (eds) STEM, Robotics, Mobile Apps in Early Childhood and Primary Education. Lecture Notes in Educational Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0568-1_23

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