Given the rapid growth of mobile games, one of the main purposes of this study is to analyze the effect of online gaming on addiction by classifying it into PC online gaming and mobile gaming. This study aims to analyze the extent to which playing games after midnight affects addictive behavior. In addition, this study analyzes the impact of game genres, parental factors, the leisure environment and relationship satisfaction on game addiction. About 1556 students living in five major Korean cities were sampled. Online game playing time was an important predictor of game addiction, especially among those who played PC online games late at night. Among the game genres, RPG, simulation and casual games were positively associated with addictive behavior. While play and the leisure environment had little effect on game addiction, the extent of satisfaction with relationships with parents, friends, and teachers did have a significant influence. However, parental attachment and parental mediation did not impact game addiction.

Changho Lee

Ocktae Kim

Addiction Research & Theory

Since being founded in 1993, Addiction Research and Theory has been the leading outlet for research and theoretical contributions that view addictive behaviour as arising from psychological processes within the individual and the social context in which the behaviour takes place as much as from the biological effects of the psychoactive substance or activity involved.    This cross-disciplinary journal examines addictive behaviours from a variety of perspectives and methods of inquiry. Disciplines represented in the journal include Anthropology, Economics, Epidemiology, Medicine, Sociology, Psychology and History, but high quality contributions from other relevant areas will also be considered.

Since its founding in 1993, Addiction Research and Theory has been a leading platform for research and theoretical contributions that view addictive behavior as arising from both the psychological processes within the individual and the social context in which the behavior occurs, as well as from the biological effects of the psychoactive substance or activity involved. This cross-disciplinary journal examines addictive behaviors from a variety of perspectives and methods of inquiry. Disciplines represented in the journal include Anthropology, Economics, Epidemiology, Medicine, Sociology, Psychology, and History, but high-quality contributions from other relevant areas are also welcomed.

《Addiction Research and Theory》自1993年创刊以来，一直是研究和理论贡献的主要平台，关注成瘾行为的形成既源于个体的心理过程，也受到行为发生的社会背景的影响，同时也考虑到所涉及的精神活性物质或活动的生物学效应。这本跨学科的期刊从多种视角和研究方法探讨成瘾行为。期刊涵盖的学科包括人类学、经济学、流行病学、医学、社会学、心理学和历史学，同时也欢迎其他相关领域的高质量贡献。

Addiction Research and Theory

Predictors of online game addiction among Korean adolescents

While play and the leisure environment had little effect on game addiction, the extent of satisfaction with relationships with parents, friends, and teachers did have a significant influence, however, parental attachment and parental mediation did not impact game addiction.

Category	Quartile
医学	3
医学, 社会问题	4
医学, 药物滥用	4

Predictors of online game addiction among Korean adolescents

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Category	Quartile
SUBSTANCE ABUSE	3