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The literature on problematic Internet game use by adolescents most often considered socialrelational factors primarily as a consequence of the addictive Internet game use. Using survey data from 593 Korean students and their parents: 295 in senior secondary school (aged 15-18)and 298 in junior secondary school (aged 12-15), of whom 315 (53.1%) were male, the authors investigated the preventive role of parent-adolescent relations in Internet game addiction. Results showed that adolescents with more adolescent-parent social activities and parentadolescent view alignment regarding games were less likely to develop problematic Internet game use. The findings suggest that parents make efforts to know the latest about their adolescents’ social currency and entertainment activities (i.e. Internet game). Also parents need to increase the variety and frequency of activities they can share with their adolescents in order to attempt to block negative effects of excessive Internet games, to prevent dependency,and to channel game playing in a positive direction.
