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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2014.15.8.5023

Factors Affecting Higher Grade Elementary school students' Internet Game Addiction: Focus on Gender Differences  

Jee, Young-Ju (Department of Nursing, Kyungnam University)
Kim, Kyoung-Nam (Department of Nursing, Busan Women's College)
Kim, Young-Hae (College of Nursing, Pusan National University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.15, no.8, 2014 , pp. 5023-5030 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examined the factors predicting internet game addiction in higher grade elementary school students according to gender in two cities. The participants were 300 elementary school students who were in the $4^{th}$, $5^{th}$ and $6^{th}$ grades. Data was collected by structured questionnaires from April 1 to June 15 2013, and analyzed using SPSS WIN 14.0. The scores of internet game addiction for elementary school students were 28.82 and 24.61 for boys and girls, respectively. The adjustment to school life predicted internet game addiction in 14% of boys. The adjustment to school life and satisfaction with school life predicted internet game addiction in 15% of girls. The factors affecting highly effective intervention techniques need to be applied to the development of programs to prevent Internet game addiction in elementary school students in the $4^{th}$, $5^{th}$ and $6^{th}$ grades.
Keywords
Elementary; Game; Internet;
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