The Influence of Parenting Style and Time Management Tendency on Internet Gaming Disorder among Adolescents

I-Hua Chen, Zeng-Han Lee, Xiao-Yu Dong, Jeffrey Hugh Gamble and Hung-Wei Feng
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I-Hua Chen: School of Education Science, Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou 363000, China
Zeng-Han Lee: College of Teacher Education, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou City 325035, China
Xiao-Yu Dong: College of Education, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, China
Jeffrey Hugh Gamble: Department of Foreign Languages, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 62103, Taiwan
Hung-Wei Feng: College of Education Science, Yulin Normal University, Yulin 537000, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 23, 1-16

Abstract: The problem of adolescent online gaming addiction is related to individual-level characteristics and the influence of the family environment. The present study explores the potential role of adolescents’ time management tendency in mediating the relationship between parenting style and adolescent internet gaming disorder (IGD). Responses from a total of 357 Chinese high school students were collected for a Pathological Video-Game Use Questionnaire, Simplified Parenting Styles Scale, and Time Management Tendency Scale. Overall, participants reported moderate use of online games (Mean = 1.41; SD = 0.41), lower than the median value of 2 on a three-point scale. In terms of the mediating role of adolescents’ time management tendency, full meditation was observed for the relationship between the parenting style factor of “parents’ emotional warmth” for both mothers and fathers and internet gaming disorder. The results highlight the benefits of emotional warmth in supporting self-efficacy, self-control, and autonomy through the promotion of time management, which is an important protective factor for IGD and can serve as a mediating personality variable. Although non-significant in the complete model, over-protection and rejection by parents should also be cautiously considered as potential risk factors related to addiction.

Keywords: parenting styles; time management tendency; online game addiction; internet gaming disorder; adolescence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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