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How Does Neighborhood Quality Moderate the Association Between Online Video Game Play and Depression? A Population-Level Analysis of Korean Students
- Title
- How Does Neighborhood Quality Moderate the Association Between Online Video Game Play and Depression? A Population-Level Analysis of Korean Students
- Authors
- Kim, Harris Hyun-soo; Ahn, Sun Joo Grace
- Ewha Authors
- 김현수
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 김현수
- Issue Date
- 2016
- Journal Title
- CYBERPSYCHOLOGY BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL NETWORKING
- ISSN
- 2152-2715
2152-2723
- Citation
- CYBERPSYCHOLOGY BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL NETWORKING vol. 19, no. 10, pp. 628 - 634
- Keywords
- video game play; depression; neighborhood effect; Korea
- Publisher
- MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
- Indexed
- SSCI; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- The main objective of our study is to assess the relationship between playing online video games and mental wellbeing of adolescents based on a nationally representative sample. Data come from the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS), a government-funded multiyear research project. Through a secondary analysis of W2 and W3 of data collected in 2011 and 2012, we examine the extent to which time spent playing online games is related to depression, as measured by a battery of items modeled after the abridged version of Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Revised (CESD-R). For proper temporal ordering, the outcome variable is drawn from the latter wave (W3), whereas all time-lagged covariates are taken from the earlier wave (W2). Multilevel regression models show that more game playing is associated with greater depression. Findings also indicate that, net of individual-level variables (e.g., gender, health, family background), living in a community with more divorced families adds to adolescent depression. Finally, a cross-level interaction is observed: the positive association between game playing and depression is more pronounced in an area characterized by a lower aggregate divorce rate.
- DOI
- 10.1089/cyber.2016.0155
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- 사회과학대학 > 사회학전공 > Journal papers
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