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Gender differences in parenting supervision and pathological video gaming among adolescents
Author
Lam, Wai Mun
Supervisor
Khoo, Angeline
Abstract
Singapore adolescents are at risk from the negative effects of pathological video gaming and Internet addiction. Although there are studies conducted on pathological video gaming and its effects, there is a lack of research done in Singapore to examine the impact of parental supervision and parent-child relationship on adolescents’ pathological video gaming. This research aims to investigate the association between parent-child relationship and their adolescent children’s’ pathological video gaming behaviour. It also investigates the association between parent-child relationship and parental supervision of the adolescents’ pathological video gaming in terms of active and restrictive mediation. A total of 690 Secondary 1 to 3 students from three secondary schools in Singapore were involved in the survey. The data was analysed through correlations and one-away ANOVA statistical tests. The results showed that there is a significant and negative correlation between pathological video gaming with parent-child relationship. The results also showed that better relationship with fathers and mothers are associated with more active parental mediation. However, there is no significant relationship between parent-child relationship and restrictive mediation by the parents. The level of active mediation and restriction mediation were not significantly related to the adolescents’ pathological video gaming. With these findings, it is important that the parents of pathological video gaming adolescents are supported with counselling and mediation services. Parents need to learn and pick up specific adolescent appropriate parenting skills to put in place effective parental supervision. They also need to keep abreast of trends, activities and developments in the media and cyber space that their children are involved in or exposed to.
Date Issued
2015
Call Number
HQ784.V53 Lam
Date Submitted
2015