Helicopter parenting, self-control, and problematic online gaming in emerging adults

Year 2022, Volume: 6 Issue: 3, 331 - 341, 26.12.2022

Yankı Süsen Halil Pak Esra Çevik

https://doi.org/10.5455/kpd.26024438m000071

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of self-control on the relationship between perceived helicopter parental attitudes and problematic online gaming among emerging-adult online gamers. 186 gamers from Turkey were reached using a cross-sectional online survey. According to the results obtained in this study, self-control was negatively associated with problematic online gaming and perceived paternal helicopter parenting attitudes. Also, problematic online gaming was positively correlated with perceived maternal helicopter parenting attitude. It was further found that age, gender, and having previous psychiatric diagnosis were significantly related to problematic online gaming. Age had a positive significant correlation with problematic online gaming whereas those who reported having previous psychiatric diagnosis and male respondents also stated higher levels of problematic online gaming. Lastly, mothers were significantly perceived as having higher helicopter parental attitudes compared to fathers. However, the indirect effect was found significant only at paternal level. Thus, it can be concluded that the indirect effect was due to the tendency for those who perceived higher paternal helicopter parenting attitude to have lower levels of self-control, which in turn resulted in higher levels of problematic online gaming. This study offers novel insight into online gaming research, indicating that perceived paternal helicopter parenting attitude may lead to developing problematic online gaming among emerging adult children with low self-control.

Keywords

problemli çevrimiçi oyun oynama, helikopter ebeveynlik, öz-kontrol, beliren yetişkinlik, problematic online gaming, helicopter parenting, self-control, emerging adulthood

Helicopter parenting, self-control, and problematic online gaming in emerging adults

Abstract

Bu çalışma, beliren yetişkinler arasında algılanan helikopter ebeveynlik tutumu ile problemli çevrimiçi oyun oynama davranışı ilişkisinde öz-kontrolün aracılık rolünü incelemeyi amaçlamıştır. Çevrimiçi kesitsel anket çalışması yoluyla Türkiye’den 186 oyuncuya ulaşılmıştır. Bu çalışma kapsamında elde edilen bulgulara göre; öz-kontrolün hem problemli çevrimiçi oyun oynama davranışı hem de baba için algılanan helikopter ebeveynlik tutumu ile negatif yönde bir ilişkiye sahip olduğu görülmüştür Ayrıca, problemli çevrimiçi oyun oynamanın, anne için algılanan helikopter ebeveynlik tutumu ile olumlu yönde bir ilişkiye sahip olduğu görülmüştür. Yaşın, cinsiyetin ve psikiyatrik tanı geçmişinin de problemli çevrimiçi oyun oynama davranışıyla anlamlı ilişkileri olduğu bulunmuştur. Yaş, problemli çevrimiçi oyun oynama ile pozitif yönde bir ilişkiye sahipken; psikiyatrik tanı geçmişi olanlar ve erkek katılımcılar daha fazla problemli çevrimiçi oyun oynadıklarını bildirmişlerdir. Son olarak, babalara kıyasla annelerin, anlamlı bir şekilde daha fazla algılanan helikopter ebeveyn tutumuna sahip oldukları görülmüştür; fakat, dolaylı etki yalnızca babalık düzeyinde anlamlı bulunmuştur. Dolayısıyla, baba için algılanan helikopter ebeveynlik tutumunun yüksek olduğu, beliren yetişkinlerde öz-kontrol seviyelerinin daha düşük olduğu, bu durumun ise yüksek seviyede problemli çevrimiçi oyun oynama ile ilişkili olduğu sonucuna varılabilir. Bu çalışma, baba için algılanan helikopter tutumların, öz-kontrolü düşük beliren yetişkinler arasında problemli çevrimiçi oyun oynamaya neden olabileceğini ortaya koyarak çevrimiçi oyun oynama araştırmalarına özgün bir katkı sağlamaktadır.

Keywords

problemli çevrimiçi oyun oynama, helikopter ebeveynlik, öz-kontrol, beliren yetişkinlik, problematic online gaming, helicopter parenting, self-control, emerging adulthood

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