Psychological Development and Education ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (6): 733-744.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2016.06.12

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Peer Victimization and Problematic Online Game Use Among Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model

CHEN Yuanyuan, ZHANG Wei, ZHU Jianjun, YU Chengfu, ZHANG Yibo, LU Zhenhui   

  1. School of Psychology & Center for Studies of Psychologyical Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631
  • Online:2016-11-15 Published:2016-11-15

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Abstract: The present study investigated the relationship between peer victimization and adolescents' Problematic online game use(POGU), and explored the mediating effect of academic self-efficacy as well as the moderating effect of parental knowledge. Questionnaires were given to 1401 adolescents (M age 12.46,male 703) in junior high school. Results are listed as follows:(1)Peer victimization could still positively predict adolescents' POGU after it controlled the sex,age and socioeconomic status(SES). (2)Peer victimization can not only influenced adolescents' POGU directly but also indirectly through the academic self-efficacy. (3)Parental knowledge moderated the mediated path overtly. In a word, when peer victimization has influence on adolescents' POGU, that process has not only the mediating effect but also the moderating effect. When in actual intervention, we suggest that school, family and society help reduce the peer victimization in order to decrease adolescents' POGU, parental knowledge could make further efforts to adjust that process.

Key words: adolescents, peer victimization, problematic online game use, academic self-efficacy, parental knowledge

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  • B844

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