• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2005

Objectives: This study was conducted to identify the computer game usage of elementary school children and their needs for education on the prevention of computer game addiction. Methods: The subjects of this study were 455 elementary school children. The data were collected from an open and structured questionnaire on the subjects' computer game usage and their needs for education on the prevention of computer game addiction. Results: The boys played computer games more than the girls. There were statistical differences in the durations of the computer game use, the main locations of the computer games they played, the times of the day when they used computers, the times of the day when they played computer games, the number of times in a week they visited Internet cafes, what motivated them to play computer games, and their partners in playing computer games according to gender. From an analysis of 714 statements of the subjects with respect to their need to be educated on computer game addiction prevention, six domains and 19 themes were drawn. The six main domains identified were Definition & Status, Etiology & Process, Influences, Prevention, Diagnosis & Coping with Computer Game Addiction, and General Information on Computer Games. This study results revealed that elementary school children have to be comprehensively educated on how to prevent computer game addiction. Conclusion: A computer game addiction prevention program concerning these themes and domains must be developed. A study should also be conducted to identify the educational needs of parents of elementary school children on computer game addiction prevention.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.282-290
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• 2007

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of EP-IGAP(Internet Game Addiction Prevention Educational Program) on increasing the self-control and decreasing the time spent on internet games. Method: The research design was a quasi-experiment, repeated measures design with non-equivalent control group. Participants in this study were 269 elementary school students of elementary school(134 for the experimental group, 135 for the control group). The instruments used in this study were the Self-control of Internet Game Scale and Time spent on internet games per week. The experimental group participated in the EP-IGAP for 6 weeks. Results: After the intervention, the experimental group showed a significant increase in self-control related to internet games. But, there was no statistical difference in the time spent on internet games between the two groups. Conclusion: These results suggest that EP-IGAP is effective in increasing the self-control related to internet games in elementary school students. Further research is needed to modify the EP-IGAP.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.861-874
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• 2004

The goal of this study is to investigate the relationship between maternal rearing behavior characteristics and elementary school children's Internet use, and to utilize the results as the basic data to develop a program, in which parents learn how to educate their children for better use of the Internet. The subjects were 713 children whose grade are in fourth through sixth in an elementary school. Data were obtained with questionnaires. The instruments employed were Children's Internet Use and Addiction, and maternal rearing behavior characteristics-Rational Guidance, Affection, Authoritarian Control, Overprotection, Achievement Encouragement, and Active Involvement-Scales. The data were analyzed with the SPSS program. They were analyzed by Frequency, Percentage, ANOVA, Duncan's test, and Pearson correlation. The results of this study are as follows: First, 30.2% of the subjects has used Internet for more than three years. 55.6% of the subjects spend less than an hour per day in using the Internet. The two major types of Internet use were playing games(49.9%) and sending e-mails(25.4%). The main reason for playing Internet games was escape from stress(34.7%). 34.5% of the subjects also said that their parents usually encourage them to use the Internet. Second, maternal affection, authoritarian control, and active involvement were significantly different in the types of Internet use. Maternal authoritarian control and overprotection were significantly different in the reasons of doing Internet game. The rational guidance and active involvement of mothers were correlated negatively with children's Internet using time, but their authoritarian control and overprotection were correlated positively with children's Internet using time. Maternal overprotection was correlated positively with parents' encouragement level in the Internet use. Third, the rational guidance, affection, and active involvement of mothers were correlated negatively with children's Internet addiction. In the other hand, maternal authoritarian control and overprotection were correlated positively with children's Internet addiction. Lastly, children's Internet addiction was significantly different by the types of Internet Use and the reasons for doing internet game. Children's Internet using time was correlated positively with children's Internet addiction.

• 한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.39-50
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• 2015

Objectives: A large number of teenagers are addicted to Internet games. The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of leisure and family factors affecting internet game addiction among middle school boys. Methods: The data was used from 'Survey on the Online Game and Family Leisure Activities of Youth and Children in 2009' conducted by Korea Youth Policy Institute. Data were obtained from 1,681 middle school boys and analyzed by using the SPSS(version 20) program. Factors affecting game addiction were analyzed by ANOVA, Multiple Regression Analysis. Results: The results of this study revealed that the following variables have significant effects on game addition among middle school boys; psychology disorder about leisure, preference and participation disorder about leisure, father-child open communication, mother-child problem communication. Conclusions: Based on these results, we suggested leisure facility and programs to participate leisure life and activate communication with parents. Finally, limitations of this study and suggestions for future research were discussed.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.2520-2527
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• 2012

본 연구는 음악치료프로그램이 인터넷 게임중독 청소년들의 자기효능감 향상에 미치는 효과를 검증하기 위해 실시되었다. 연구대상은 인터넷 게임중독 자가진단용 척도검사에서 게임중독으로 판정된 K시 K청소년 지원센터의 청소년 방과 후 아카데미를 이용하는 중학교 1-2학년 청소년 9명이다. 연구대상에 대해서는 단일집단 사전-사후 실험 설계방식을 적용하여 주 2회 50분씩 10회기 동안 음악치료프로그램을 실시하였다. 프로그램 실시 전-후의 자기효능감의 차이를 알아보기 위해서 대응표본 t-test를 실시한 결과, 프로그램의 실시 후 유의미한 향상을 보여 음악치료프로그램이 인터넷 게임중독 청소년들의 자기효능감 향상에 유의미한 효과가 있다고 예측할 수 있었다. 따라서 이러한 연구 결과를 바탕으로 학교나 사회복지실천현장에서 인터넷 게임중독청소년들을 대상으로 음악치료프로그램을 실시할 시 유의점 및 본 연구의 한계와 후속연구를 위한 제언을 제시하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.136-141
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• 2014

Objectives : The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between internet game addiction and psychiatric symptoms. Methods : A total of 447 adolescents who were recruited from a child and adolescent psychiatric clinic of university hospital completed a self-report questionnaire consisting of Korean Internet Addiction Self-scale (K-scale), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Korean-Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale (K-ARS), and Adolescent Happiness Index (AHI). They were classified into three internet user groups, non-addicted group (below or equal to 94), potential risk group (95 to 107) and high risk group (above or equal to 108) according to K-scale total score. Results : Significant mean differences in BDI, BAI, K-ARS, and AHI scores were observed among the three groups. The BDI, BAI and K-ARS scores showed positive correlation with K-score. The AHI score showed negative correlation with K-score. Conclusion : Findings of this study suggest that depression, anxiety, inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity, and happiness are associated with internet game addiction.

• 정보교육학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.171-178
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• 2011

이 연구는 게임중독 치료를 위한 새로운 접근으로 디지털스토리텔링을 활용한 교육 프로그램의 개발 전략을 제안하였다. 우선 디지털스토리텔링 수업을 위한 교육내용을 5가지 멀티미디어 요소로 선정하고 게임중독 치료를 위한 교육전략과 절차를 마련하였다. 5명의 게임중독 위험군 학생을 선발하여 개발된 프로그램을 적용하였고 게임중독 검사, 게임이용시간 검사, 회기별 관찰과 면담, 제안된 프로그램의 효과성 검사를 실시하였다. 검사결과, 제안된 프로그램이 게임중독 경향성의 감소에 긍정적인 효과를 가져왔고, 디지털 스토리텔링 전략의 효과 분석에서 디지털스토리텔링 과정을 통해 느끼는 몰입감, 참여와 도전, 사회적 상호작용, 성취도가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 제안된 디지털스토리텔링 프로그램은 게임중독 치료에 긍정적인 역할을 할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• 대한한방소아과학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.143-160
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• 2006

Objectives : As the side effect brought up by internet game addiction, many reports come out, but most of past articles are for middle or high school students. There is seldom a poisoning game treatise to a primary school student, if there is treatise, it is real condition that treatise for lead pipe with psychological reasons is seldom discussion about physical symptoms. This research searches high grade elementary students' game use actual conditions and when divide to general user group, latent danger use group, high dangerous use group, according to serious illness degree of game poisoning, three groups and game poisoning happens, recognized about body symptoms that happen much. Methods : Target population of these questionnaire are fifth and sixth grade elementary student of Seoul city 2 school. Chose 263 elementary students, 144 men, 119 women who understand purpose of research and admit participation is 25 October, 2006 since 1 September, 2006 Results : As poisoning serious illness degree is high, there are many number of game times, much more boys are addicted to internet game than girs, insomnia is apt to happen frequently in game poisoning danger group, and correlation is high by megrim, shoulder ache, digestive trouble. Insomnia, symptoms that show next even if some symptoms show first because there is high correlation between megrim, shoulder ache, digestive trouble is high possibility to happen among four symptoms. Insomnia, megrim, shoulder ache, digestive trouble that happen by internet game poisoning, is apt to increase by increasing addiction. Symptoms treatment can divide by internal treatment that treat insomnia, megrim, digestive trouble, external treatment that is typical symptoms of VDT syndrome shoulder ache, headache, fatigue persimmon. Root treatment is mind symptoms treatment. Game addiction treatment is relationship method 'seven emotions injury treatment' in oriental medicine. 'promote the normal flow of qi' and 'adjustment of suitable emotion' can talk as pivotal point of treatment.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.479-486
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• 2019

본 연구는 뉴로피드백 (Neurofeedback) 훈련이 게임중독 증상이 있는 대학생들의 뇌파, 다차원적 충동성, 감각추구, 게임중독 증상 및 게임 갈망에 미치는 효과를 알아보기 위한 것이다. 386명의 대학생을 대상으로 "한국형 성인용 게임중독 척도 (KGAS), 다차원적 충동성 척도 (UPPS-P), 역학조사센터 우울증 척도 (CES-D)"를 실시하였고, 이를 토대로 12명의 대학생을 처치집단에 6명, 통제집단에 6명씩 배정하였다. 뉴로피드백 집단에게 총 20회기의 뉴로피드백 훈련을 실시하였고, 통제집단에는 어떠한 처치도 실시하지 않았다. 연구 결과, 뉴로피드백 집단은 통제집단에 비해 뇌파, 게임중독 증상 심도와 충동성에서 유의한 향상이 있었고, 이러한 향상은 추적 조사에서도 유지되었다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.390-398
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• 2003

Objectives : To evaluate the degree of adolescent internet addiction, and investigate its relationship to the general characteristics, internet environments, and contents, especially the stress measured by the psychosocial wellbeing index-short form(PWI-SF). Methods : The data was obtained from self-administered questionnaires from 886 11th grade urban area students. The questionnaires consisted of general characteristics, internet user's environments, frequencies by internet contents, internet addiction test and PWI-SF. Results : The possible rate of internet use at home was 95.1%, and the area of most internet use was the home. The frequencies of internet game and porno site use were higher in males, with web searching and community uses higher in females. The total mean of internet addiction score was 56.8, and was higher for male than for female students. From multiple regression, as analyzed by the internet addiction score as a dependent variable, on-line friends, internet use times, years of internet use, frequencies of internet game, & porno site use, and PWI-SF scores were significant in male. Internet use times, the frequencies of internet game, chatting, community use, and PWI-SF score were significant in female. Four PWI-SF subscales(social role & self reliability, depression, general health & vitality, and sleep disturbance & anxiety) and internet addiction were significantly correlated in both male and female students, with depression having the most correlation. Conclusion : The results of this study suggest that intervention should be provided to prevent internal addiction, especially for coping with stress in Korean teenage students.