• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.63-74
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• 2009

This study was aimed to assess the degree of addiction on computer games and find factors related to game addiction, health perception and health promoting behavior in elementary school students. A study subjects were 814 students in 5th and 6th grades at 4 elementary schools in a city and a county. The items in questionnaire was consisted of general characteristics, circumstances and habits related to utilization of computer and internet game playing, and degree of addiction, health perception and health promoting behavior. We analyzed data using chi-square test, t-test, ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis. In multiple regression analysis, addictiveness on internet game was significantly related to type of computer utilization, frequency and duration of internet game playing, gender, after-school activities, grade points, economical status, and location of computer in a house. Health perception was significantly related to addiction points, gender, residential area, and grade points. And health promoting behavior was significantly related to addiction points, grade level, grade points, and health perception points. Since health promoting behaviors of children in elementary school are in the way of making, their degree of addiction to computer games can greatly influence their attitude towards health and their future life pattern as adults. Therefore an educational prevention program including counselling on game addiction should be devised. And researches will be needed for developing the Korean standard for measuring degree of addiction and a prevention program for peer group's game addiction.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.282-290
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• 2004

Purpose: The measure the degree of computer game addiction; to examine the relationship between computer game addiction and contributing factors; and to discover the predictors of computer game addiction of elementary school children of Korea. Method: Data were assembled from questionnaires distributed among 455 children from four elementary schools in Gyung-buk Province. Result: The level of computer game addiction of subjects was rather low, and correlated significantly with gender, academic performance, family economic status, playmates for leisure time, place of playing computer game, length of the habit of playing game, average playing time of game per day, frequency of PC-room(Internet Cafe for game) visits per week, game partners and reasons for playing game. Multiple regression analysis showed that 45％ of the computer game addiction was significantly related to gender(21％), impulsiveness(10％), average playing time of game per day(9％), depression(2％) and other variables(3％) such as playmates for leisure time, academic performance and frequency of PC-room visits per week. Conclusion: We suggest these results be used to develop a computer game addiction prevention program.

• 가정간호학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the empowerment and internet game addiction in Korean university students, focusing on Korean and Chinese students. Method: For this study, 366 students were selected from the J province by using convenience sampling. The data were collected from August 1 to October 10, 2012, and analyzed by using the SPSS/WIN 15.0. Result: Internet game addiction and general characteristics showed significant differences when classified according to nationality, gender, age, major leisure, perceived health status, and smoking status. The Korean students had a mean empowerment score of 98.4. The Chinese students had a mean internet game addiction score of 58.6. Nationality, gender, and empowerment were identified as the variables influencing internet game addiction. Conclusion: This study suggested that we should develop programs to increase empowerment, quit smoking, and decrease internet game addiction for Korean university students.

• 한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.39-50
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• 2015

Objectives: A large number of teenagers are addicted to Internet games. The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of leisure and family factors affecting internet game addiction among middle school boys. Methods: The data was used from 'Survey on the Online Game and Family Leisure Activities of Youth and Children in 2009' conducted by Korea Youth Policy Institute. Data were obtained from 1,681 middle school boys and analyzed by using the SPSS(version 20) program. Factors affecting game addiction were analyzed by ANOVA, Multiple Regression Analysis. Results: The results of this study revealed that the following variables have significant effects on game addition among middle school boys; psychology disorder about leisure, preference and participation disorder about leisure, father-child open communication, mother-child problem communication. Conclusions: Based on these results, we suggested leisure facility and programs to participate leisure life and activate communication with parents. Finally, limitations of this study and suggestions for future research were discussed.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.37-47
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• 2011

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore the influential factors of family function, parent-child communication, and family satisfaction on Korean adolescents game use. Methods: The participants were 940 adolescents in Seoul. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data. The study variables were family function, parent-child communication, family satisfaction, and game use. Results: Game use was different by gender, age, time to spend in game during weekdays and weekend. Game use had significant negative correlations with family cohesion, family adaptability, communication with father, communication with mother, and family satisfaction. Multiple regression analysis showed that 20.3% of the game use was explained by gender, communication with mother, hours of playing games during weekdays, family adaptability, and hours of playing games during weekend. Conclusions: These results suggest that being male and lack of communication with mother, low family adaptability, game hours during weekdays and weekend can be potential risk factors for excessive game use in the adolescents, which should by considered in developing a prevention program for excessive game use focused on family factors.

• 한국게임학회 논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.67-77
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• 2012

최근 체감형 인터페이스 기술이 발달하면서 체력 향상을 위한 운동게임에 대한 관심이 높아 지고 있다. 우리는 이러한 기능성 게임이 단지 스포츠 행위의 동작 인식뿐만 아니라 특정 운동 효과를 보장해야 한다고 생각한다. 본 논문은 이러한 기능성 운동게임이 심박수와 선호도에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 연구할 것이다. 우리는 유산소 운동을 위해 개발한 운동게임인 GalaxyBike를 이용하여 실험을 하였다. 또한, 무선 심박센서를 이용하여 피험자들의 심박수를 준비운동, 본운동, 그리고 마무리 운동단계에서 측정하였다. 게임을 완료한 후에는, 설문지를 이용하여 선호도를 조사하였다. 우리는 게임과 운동을 동시에 수행하는 기능성 운동 게임이 건강 체력향상에 대한 참여 유발과 심박수를 증가시키며 유산소 운동의 효과를 제공하는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제15권12호
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• pp.47-55
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 컴퓨터 게임의 부작용을 막기 위한 운동과 발전을 동반하는 학습용 기능성 게임 시스템을 구현하였다. 구현한 기능성 게임 시스템은 운동부와 게임부로 나누어 설계하고 구현하였다. 전신 운동을 하기 위한 운동부는 하체 운동을 위해 헬스 자전거를 부착하고 헬스자전거의 뒷부분에 상체 운동을 할 수 있는 구조를 구성하여 부착하고, 각 힘점마다 발전기를 부착하였다. 그리고 회로 보드와 논리 프로그램을 구성하여 힘점에 부착된 발전기를 통하여 운동 강도 조절과 운동량을 측정하고, 컴퓨터와 통신을 할 수 있도록 하였다. 게임부는 폭력성을 배제하고 재미를 유지하면서 교육적인 효과를 살릴 수 있도록 구성하였다. 구성한 게임 시스템은 가르노의 재미의 14가지 요소를 통해 효과를 확인하였다.

• 가정간호학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.40-47
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• 2011

Purpose: This study investigated changes in neurocognitive function over a 2-month period of board game therapy in patients with schizophrenia. Method: Twenty-one schizophrenic patients treated with board game therapy and nineteen control schizophrenic patients were evaluated with neuropsychological and clinical tests, such as the Wisconsin Card Shorting Test (WCST). The same tests were re-administered after 2 months of board game therapy. Results: At the first series of neuropsychological tests, no difference was seen in performance, demographical aspects, or clinical severity among both patient groups. After 2 months, the group receiving board game therapy showed significant improvement of WCST performances compared to the controls. However, no difference was observed in clinical symptoms between the groups. Conclusion: The results of cognitive enhancement in patients playing board games indicates that board game play, easily used in an inpatient setting, is a promising tool for executive function improvement in chronic schizophrenic patients.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.417-427
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• 2011

기능성 게임은 게임의 오락성에 특정 전문 분야(교육, 의료, 스포츠, 국방, 공공 분야 등)의 고유 목적이 결합된 게임이다. 현재, 국내에서는 많은 기능성 게임이 개발되고 있지만, 기능성 게임의 개발 요소에 관한 중점사항이 제시되어 있지 않는 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 정신 치료 분야의 기능성 게임 개발을 위하여, 기존 정신 치료를 목적으로 개발된 게임들을 Hy Resnick과 Moshe Sherer가 제시한 휴먼서비스(Human Service) 게임의 필요 요소들로 분석한다. 그리고, 분석된 요소들을 바탕으로 정신 치료 게임의 개발 방법을 논한다. 본 논문은 정신 치료를 위한 기능성 게임의 이론적 토대를 제시하고 정신 치료 분야의 기능성 게임의 제작하려는 개발자들에 가이드라인을 제공해 줄 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.11-20
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• 2002

Tobacco smoke was confirmed as a human carcinogen by many research results. Because many adolescents stay long time in the PC game room, they are exposed to much of tobacco smoke. To evaluate the effect of passive smoking in the PC game room, airborne nicotine concentrations in 2 PC game rooms in Sung-nam city and urinary cotinine concentrations were measured for 20 adolescents. And the subjects were interviewed for duration and time in PC game room and smoking pattern. Subjects are composed of each of 10 smokers(5 males and 5 females) and 10 nonsmokers(5 males and 5 females). They stayed for three hours in the PC game room without smoking. Concentrations of nicotine in smokers and nonsmokers were 129.72 $\mu$g/$^3$ and 99.99 $\mu$g/m$^3$, respectively. Urinary cotinine concentrations were increased as time goes on after exposure to nicotine and showed maximum value at 9.45 hours after nicotine exposure and were 32.21 and 110.66 $\mu$g/L for nonsmoker and smokers. The more using time and frequency in PC game room, the higher urinary cotinine maximum concentration and the longer using duration, also the more increase urinary cotinine concentration. Urinary cotinine has a tendency to increase by passive smoking. Therefore, it is recommended that the effective control for indoor air quality and extensive research be needed to reduce nicotine concentration by passive smoking in the PC game room.