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KMID : 0897520120170020076
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Journal of Korean Association of Social Psychiatry
2012 Volume.17 No. 2 p.76 ~ p.82
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The Relationship between Game Addiction, ADHD and Other Psychopathology in School Age Children
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Park Sang-Won
Yoon Tak
Chung In-Woon
Kim Sung-chan
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Abstract
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Objectives : The purpose of this study was to survey the present condition of school-aged children‘s game addiction and ADHD, and to investigate the associated psychopathology of game addiction and ADHD.
Methods : The study included 2481 boys and girls, with an age between 6 to 8, collected from elementary schools in Paju city, South Korea, in 2010. Primary caregivers were required to complete Korean ADHD Rating Scale(K-ARS) as screening tool. Primary caregivers whose their children’s K-ARS score exceeded 19 point were required to perform Child Behavior Checklist for ages 6-18 (CBCL 6-18). Psychiatric interview and ADHD section of Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Present and Lifetime Version-Korean Version (K-SADS-PL) was performed by psychiatrist to the 36 children who were screened by CBCL 6-18. Kovacs’ Children’s Depression Inventory (K-CDI) and Korean form of the Spielberger Stait-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAI) were completed by above 36 children and Internet Game Addiction Scale for Children (GAS) and Parent-Child Communication Inventory (PCCI) were completed by their primary caregivers. Correlation, student’s t-test and chi-square test were conducted to investigate the associated psychopathology of game addiction and ADHD.
Results : Game addiction score demonstrated positive correlations with CBCL 6-18’s ‘ADHD factor’ and ‘other problem factor’. Average score of game addiction scale was significanlty higher in ADHD group than non ADHD group. And ADHD group also showed higher proportion of ‘problematic game use’ compared to non ADHD group.
Conclusion : This study supports hypothesis of previous studies which insist that ADHD is highly related with game addiction.
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KEYWORD
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ADHD, Game addiction, Psychopathology
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