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Parental Mediation Strategies on Online Gaming

자녀들의 온라인 게임 이용에 대한 부모 중재 전략

  • Received : 2015.05.12
  • Accepted : 2015.06.16
  • Published : 2015.06.20
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Abstract

This study explored parental mediation strategies of children's online gaming and their relevant variables which could influence on them. A survey to 379 parents with elementary, middle, highschool, and college aged children revealed 7 distinctive parental mediation strategies of children's online gaming, that is, 'instructive', 'co-playing', 'rule-based', 'restrictive', 'technological', 'government regulation-dependent', and 'active guidance' mediation. Also, the results showed that there was significant relation between the parental mediation strategies, characteristics of parents, and characteristics of children. This study holds its significance in identifying the parental mediation types reflecting media characteristics of online games and Korean social and cultural context.

셧다운제 시행 이후, 자녀들의 온라인 게임 이용에 대한 부모 중재 역할의 중요성이 부각되면서 자녀들의 과몰입 예방을 위해 부모들이 선택할 수 있는 효과적인 중재 전략이 무엇인지 구체적인 탐색이 필요하게 되었다. 본 연구는 우리나라 부모들이 자녀들의 온라인 게임 이용을 중재하기 위해 어떠한 중재 전략을 사용하는지, 그리고 이에 영향을 미치는 요인은 무엇인지를 확인하기 위해 수행하였다. 이를 위해 초등학생부터 대학생 자녀를 둔 부모를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시했고, 총 379명의 자료를 분석하였다. 그 결과, 자녀들의 온라인 게임 이용에 대한 부모 중재 전략은 설명형 중재, 공동 놀이형 중재, 규칙형 중재, 제한형 중재, 기술 활용형 중재, 정부규제 의존형 중재, 적극 안내형 중재의 7개 요인으로 구분되었다. 또한 부모 중재 전략과 부모의 특성, 자녀의 특성 변인 간에는 밀접한 관련성이 있었다. 본 연구는 다른 미디어의 속성과 구분되는 온라인 게임의 특수성과 우리나라의 사회, 문화적 맥락을 반영한 부모 중재 전략들을 확인했다는데 의의가 있다.

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