A Study on the Influence of Internet Game Addiction using the AHP and Statistical Analysis

AHP 및 통계분석을 이용한 인터넷 게임 중독 영향 연구

  • Kim, Tae-Sung (Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Ho (Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology) ;
  • Moon, Sang-Duk (Gumi Facilities Management Corporation)
  • 김태성 (금오공과대학교 산업시스템공학과) ;
  • 김종호 (금오공과대학교 산업시스템공학과) ;
  • 문상덕 (구미시 시설관리공단)
  • Published : 2008.06.30

Abstract

Rapid spread of the internet has made our everyday life more convenient, however it has brought some problems along with it. Especially, undergraduate student are losing their social ability as they become absorbed in the internet game, act selfishly in the cyber space and lose interest in studying. As a result, they become isolated from their friends and experience difficulty in the relationship with their parents. In this paper, the influence factors of internet game addiction is investigated using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and statistics techniques. This study is to define the influence an important factors of internet game addiction using a questionnaire to internet game player and expert group. It is believed that this study will be more receptive to results that include the priority weights of internet game addiction among the addiction group, non-addiction group and expert group.

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