A study of problematic online game use among junior high school students in Taoyuan County

• Main Authors: Chia-Jung Lin, 林佳蓉
• Other Authors: Tzu-Chin Chou
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75928319825823103246

碩士 === 銘傳大學 === 教育研究所碩士在職專班 === 99 === The purpose of this study is to confirm the problematic online game use model for junior high school students in Taoyuan County. To achieve the above purpose, this study was borrowed and translated into Chinese version from Kim & Kim who developed the Problematic Online Game Use (POGU) in 2010. The questionnaire was verified the reliability, validity and existence of the relevant constructs, and the relevant models were established accordingly. The theoretical foundation was based on the past literatures and empirical researches. The study population consisted of the ninth-grade students in the school year of 99 at Taoyuan County who completed the same standardized tests, was further applied by the stratified random sampling, and 1061 effective questionnaires were consequently derived. The results of the study did confirm the four factors named as "Euphoria", "Health", "Conflict and self-control", and "Virtual relationship". The original POGU version seems performing better than the Taiwanese POGU version. However, POGU can still obtain well fitness to Taiwan after modification. In addition, The study apply the structural equation modeling(SEM)to examine POGU and academic achievement model. The results show that POGU had statistically negative influence on academic achievement, and language subjects. The results bring some new discoveries and may be developed as a new theory. The results provide counselors’ good guidance about online game use, and also serve the future reference and extend to other new studies.