Exploring the Influence of Parenting Style on Adolescents’ Maladaptive Game Use through Aggression and Self-Control

Hyeon Gyu Jeon, Sung Je Lee, Jeong Ae Kim, Gyoung Mo Kim and Eui Jun Jeong
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Hyeon Gyu Jeon: Department of Digital Culture & Contents, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea
Sung Je Lee: Department of Digital Culture & Contents, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea
Jeong Ae Kim: Department of Humanities Counseling & Therapy, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea
Gyoung Mo Kim: Department of Digital Culture & Contents, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea
Eui Jun Jeong: Department of Digital Culture & Contents, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 8, 1-19

Abstract: Adolescent aggression manifests in problematic game use and ultimately undermines life quality. This study deals with the mechanisms behind adolescents’ perception of parenting, maladaptive game use, self-control, and life satisfaction within the context of integrated supportive-positive parenting and harsh-negative parenting. Using 778 valid panel data from the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), we reached the conclusions that both supportive-positive parenting and harsh-negative parenting, mediated by self-control and maladaptive game use, are major predictors of adolescents’ life satisfaction. PLS-SEM analysis was used for the hypothesized model test. This study helped bridge the gap in existing research by finding clues to recovering parent–child relationships from the side effects of youth game use.

Keywords: parenting style; coping strategy; maladaptive game use; self-control; aggression; life satisfaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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