OBJECTIVES Open and supportive communication between parents and children is known to reduce adolescents’ delinquent behavior. Recently, the risk of Internet gaming disorder (IGD) has been increasing in adolescents. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating effects of parent-child communication styles on the relationship between adolescent aggressiveness and risk of IGD.
METHODS
Participants in this study were 402 first-year students from 4 middle schools in Seoul who enrolled in the Internet user Cohort for Unbiased Recognition of gaming disorder in Early adolescence (iCURE) and completed baseline assessment in 2016. The structural equation model was constructed based on an aggression questionnaire, the Internet game use-elicited symptom screen, a mother-child communication inventory, and a father-child communication inventory.
RESULTS
Adolescents’ aggressiveness was found to be related to their risk of IGD. The father-child communication style mediated the relationship between aggression and risk of IGD. However, the mother-child communication style had no mediating effect.
CONCLUSIONS
Our findings suggest that fathers should make an effort to improve open and positive communication skills with their children, because the father-child communication style plays an important role in the relationship between adolescent aggressiveness and risk of IGD.
Summary
Korean summary
본 연구는 청소년기의 공격성과 인터넷 게임장애 위험과의 연관성에서 부모와의 의사소통 방식의 매개효과를 알아보고자 하였다. 연구대상자는 인터넷 사용자 코호트 연구(the Internet user Cohort for Unbiased Recognition of gaming disorder in Early Adolescence, iCURE)에 등록된 중학교 1학년 402명을 대상으로 단면조사 연구를 실시하여 구조방정식 모형분석을 하였다. 청소년 시기의 공격성은 인터넷 게임중독과 연관성이 있었고, 이러한 연관성은 아버지와 자녀간의 의사소통을 통해 매개되고 있었다. 아버지가 청소년과 개방적이고 긍정적 의사소통을 하는 경우 청소년의 공격성과 인터넷 게임장애 위험의 연관성을 낮추는 매개효과가 있었다.
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