Increased adolescent game usage and health-related risk behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemicopen access
- Authors
- Kim, Young-Jae; Lee, Chan Sol; Kang, Seung-Woo
- Issue Date
- Apr-2023
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- Gaming; Adolescent; Health risk; Lockdown; COVID-19; Immersion; Level of participation; Game experience
- Citation
- CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
- Journal Title
- CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/70581
- DOI
- 10.1007/s12144-023-04466-8
- ISSN
- 1046-1310
1936-4733
- Abstract
- This study examines adolescent game usage and corresponding health-related risk behaviors during a period of limited social interaction and activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants included 225 middle- and 225 high-school students in Seoul who completed a survey online from October 1 to 30, 2021. The study measured participants' game usage level and the health-related risk behavior index. Findings showed that participants who engaged in excessive gaming showed higher levels of health-related risk behaviors. A multivariate analysis of variance was conducted to compare the health-related risk behaviors of students in the general, potential, and high-risk groups on excessive gaming. Results indicated that female students in the high-risk group showed higher stress levels and fatigue (f = 5.549, p < .01, Cohen's d = 0.016) than the males of the same group. However, male students showed higher physical inactivity levels (f = 3.195, p > .05, Cohen's d = 0.009) than females. The post hoc test indicated clear sex distinctions among the general, potential, and high-risk groups on excessive gaming (p < .001). Among the high-risk game usage group, female students displayed a higher level of risk behaviors than males. Adolescent gaming addiction should be considered an emotional and behavioral disorder for which parental guidance and support are needed, and counseling experts and professionals must come together to provide a cure and reform program.
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