The Mediation Model Verification of Interpersonal Skills on Impulsivity, Aggression and Game Addiction: Comparative analysis on School levels

충동성, 공격성과 게임중독의 관계에서 대인관계기술의 매개모형검증: 중고등학교급별 비교

This study was to verify a related model between among Impulsivity, Aggression, Game Addiction, and Interpersonal Skills. Aggression was selected as prerequisite variables. And Interpersonal Skills was selected as a mediated variable. Which affected Game Addiction. Covariance structure analysis were conducted to test research hypotheses. The results are summarized as follows. The path coefficients of (Impulsivity$\rightarrow$Interpersonal Skills), (Impulsivity$\rightarrow$Game Addiction), (Aggression$\rightarrow$Skills), (Aggression$\rightarrow$Game Addiction), (Interpersonal Skills$\rightarrow$Game Addiction) were all significant. Second, it was proved that Impulsivity and Aggression played as inducting factors to their Game Addiction tendencies, and perceived Interpersonal Skills played as inhibiting factors which leads to decrease their Game Addiction tendencies. Third, the mediator effect of perceived Interpersonal Skills in the relation between Impulsivity, Aggression and Game Addiction was significant. Fourth, divided in school levels by and the result which analyzes, the middle school students interpersonal skills did not affect in game addiction. So there was not also a mediating effect. The high student the interpersonal skills which listens influences in game addiction. And mediating effect of interpersonal skills was. Therefore for the prevention and a treatment of game addiction the method to raise a interpersonal skills will be effective in the high students.

본 연구는 충동성, 공격성과 게임중독의 관계에서 대인관계기술의 매개효과를 검증하고 이를 중고등학교급별로 비교분석하고자 하였다. 연구모형을 설정하고 공변량구조분석을 실시한 결과, 첫째, 연구모형에 제시된 5개의 경로[(충동성$\rightarrow$대인관계기술), (충동성$\rightarrow$게임중독), (공격성$\rightarrow$대인관계기술), (공격성$\rightarrow$게임중독), (대인관계기술$\rightarrow$게임중독)] 모두 유의미한 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 선행변인인 충동성과 공격성은 청소년의 게임중독 경향성을 증가시키는 유발요인 역할을 하며, 대인관계기술은 청소년의 게임중독 경향성을 감소시키는 억제요인 역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 충동성, 공격성과 게임중독 간 관계에서 대인관계기술이 매개변수로 작용하는 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 학교급별로 나누어 분석한 결과, 중학생들은 대인관계기술의 높고 낮음이 게임중독에 인과적 영향을 미치지 않았고 따라서 매개효과도 입증되지 않은 반면, 고등학생들은 대인관계기술이 게임중독에 영향을 미치며 대인관계 기술의 매개효과도 유의미한 것으로 나타나 게임중독의 예방이나 치료를 위하여 대인관계기술을 증진해주는 개입방안은 고등학생들에게 특히 효과적일 것으로 나타났다.