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The Factorial Structure and Underlying Contributors of Parents’ Behavioral Involvement in Children’s Video Game Use

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Nowadays, parents are increasing engaged in their children’s video game use. However, it is still unclear how and why parents are involved and how they interact with their children. The present study aims to explore the structure and underlying factors of parents’ involvement in their children’s video game use. The sample for the present study included 1,495 parents of preschoolers who completed a questionnaire on their involvement in their children’s video game use, their worries about their children’s video game use, and their evaluation of the available video games. The result found the factorial structure underlying parents’ involvement in their children’s use of video games consisted of five dimensions: parents using video games as a parenting tool, parents exercising control over children’s video game use, parents use video games with their parents, and parents use video game themselves, and parents providing video game equipment or software. The results also indicated that parents’ video game worries and quality evaluations predict parents’ video game involvement both independently and interactively.

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This study was funded by the National Social Science Fund of China (18BSH130) and Capacity Building for Sci-Tech Innovation–Fundamental Scientific Research Funds (20530290062). Moreover, we appreciate the support from the Infant and Child Development Laboratory and all the individuals who provided assistance or participated in our study.

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Huang, H., Zhou, Y., Qi, X., Qu, F., Liu, X. (2021). The Factorial Structure and Underlying Contributors of Parents’ Behavioral Involvement in Children’s Video Game Use. In: Fang, X. (eds) HCI in Games: Experience Design and Game Mechanics. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12789. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77277-2_16

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