Parental Perfectionism and Children’s Game Addiction: A Risk Analysis

2023-06-27 11:29:23

Children are at higher risk of failure, maladjustment, and compulsive compulsions

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Parents’ perfectionism tends to increase the risk of game addiction by making their children obsessive about not adapting to failure. [사진=게티이미지뱅크]A study has found that parents who pursue perfection are more likely to develop game addiction in their children.

Citing a recent study published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior, PsyPost reported on the 26th that perfectionist parental attitudes may contribute to children’s maladjustment to failure. and can increase the risk of compulsive gaming addiction. In other words, we need to consider the influence of parents in understanding their children’s game addiction.

After collecting data from 2097 Hungarian gamers through an online questionnaire, the researchers investigated how perfectionism affected people’s reactions to cognitively demanding situations, especially when playing games.

“Previous studies have proven that perfectionist parental attitudes increase children’s sensitivity to failure, make it difficult for them to cope effectively, and increase stress, which can lead to anxiety,” said the researchers. “Individuals exposed to their parents’ critical attitude toward them are more likely to internalize their parents’ high standards and pursue high, unattainable goals in education or work.”

In fact, the research team investigated whether internalized parental perfectionism could affect leisure activities such as video games and reactions to failure in games. has been shown to affect

In particular, parental criticism also influenced children’s self-critical perfectionism, which means that children internalize their parents’ critical attitude. “Internalized parental criticism can increase a gamer’s emotional sensitivity to failure at video games, and a retrospective response to these experiences can significantly increase the risk of gaming addiction,” the researchers warned.

In addition, it was found that the more immersed in the game, the more self-critical perfectionism has an effect on game addiction. The researchers advised, “Parents need to try to avoid being critical of performance in order to prevent their children from falling into game addiction.”

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