본 연구의 목적은 학령기 아동의 인터넷 게임중독과 충동성, 또래관계, 부모 양육태도를 변인으로 선정하여 그 구조적 인과관계를 밝히는데 있다. 대구시내 초등학교 5,6학년 아동 316명을 대상으로 하였으며 충동성, 부모 양육태도, 또래관계를 인터넷 게임중독의 원인변인으로 선정하고, 각 변인들의 직？간접 효과를 알아보기 위해 4개의 측정모델과 1개의 구조모델이 존재하는 구조회귀모델을 설정 하였으며 자료분석은 AMOS 17.0을 사용 하였다. 연구 결과 학령기 아동의 충동성과 또래관계는 인터넷 게임중독에 직접효과가 있었으며, 부모 양육태도는 학령기 아동의 충동성과 또래관계에는 직접효과를 미치고, 인터넷 게임중독에는 또래관계를 통해 간접효과를 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로 충동성은 또래관계에 직접효과가 있었다.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the structural relationships among schoolage children's impulsiveness, peer relationship and parenting attitude and Internet game addiction.
Subjects of this study were 316 fifth grade and sixth grade of elementary school in Daegu city.
Children's impulsiveness, peer relationship and parenting attitude and internet game addiction scales were measured by the questionnaires constructed by the researcher.
The collected data were analyzed with AMOS 17.0, a statistical program for structural equation modeling, to estimate the hypothesized structural equation model.
The results found in this study were as follow:First, it was found that children's impulsiveness, peer relationship was found to affect internet game addiction directly.
Second, parenting attitude haven't direct effect on internet game addiction, while having indirect on internet game addiction through peer relationship.
Third, children's impulsiveness haven't direct effect on peer relationship.
To sum up, internet game addiction was found to have a direct effect on children's impulsiveness, peer relationship and to have a indirect effect on parenting attitude.
