Factors Affecting the Internet Game Addiction Risk of Elementary School Students in Multicultural Families

Objectives: This study aims to determine that the general characteristics, self-esteem, parent-child relationships, and school life adjustment differ between the Internet game addiction risk group and the non-addiction group, and identify the factors affecting the risk of Internet game addiction.Methods: Data were collected from 24 January to 17 April 2013.A total of 209 subjects were analyzed in the 4th, 5th, 6th grade of elementary school students of multicultural families in Gwangju and Jeollanam-do Province, South Korea.Results: There was a statistically significant difference in selfesteem, parent-child relationship, and school life adjustment between the Internet game addiction risk group and the non-addiction group.The factors affecting Internet game addiction risk to elementary school students in multicultural families were gender, foreign mother's country, school life adjustment in order.Conclusions: It is necessary to consider cultural sensitivity in developing Internet game addiction risk prevention program, and to grasp the Internet game addiction targeting multicultural elementary school students.