Internet gaming disorder and parenting process in university students
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Abstract
Introduction: behavioral addictions, and particularly video game addiction, are showing a notable rise in recent years, which is why the latter is already considered a disorder by the WHO. This disorder has been researched in relation to various variables highlighting the importance of the family context; which is why it´s recommended to delve deeper regarding specific aspects about the role that the relationship between parent and child can have in the development of said addictions.
Objective: Analyze the relation between the risk of developing Internet gaming disorder (IGD) and the perception a group of university students have of their parents´ parenting process (maternal and paternal).
Method: 94 university students belonging to science faculties from Lima, Perú participated. The Internet Gaming Disorder Test - IGD-20 (Pontes et al., 2014) and the Adolescent Family Process scale - AFP (Vazsonyi et al., 2003) were used.
Results: significant associations between both constructs were found in relation to the mother’s parenting, but not with the father´s parenting. It shows a positive correlation between IGD and the perception of support from the mother (r=.24, p<.05) and negative ones with communication (r=-.31, p <.01) and monitoring (r=-.20, p<.05).
Discussion and conclusions: The associations found suggest the importance of the maternal role in the development of addictive behaviors associated to videogames, also potential explanations as for why the father´s parenting doesn’t seem to be related with the risk of IGD is hypothesized.
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