Korean adolescents are seriously exposed to the danger of the internet game addiction. So the internet game addiction has already become an social problem and many researchers have interests on it. However the preceding studies mostly have focused on ...
Korean adolescents are seriously exposed to the danger of the internet game addiction. So the internet game addiction has already become an social problem and many researchers have interests on it. However the preceding studies mostly have focused on the investigation of internet use, social/psychological characteristics and problem behaviors of adolescents who are addicted to internet games, and the development of programs on the curing of the internet game addiction. Studies on the cause of the internet game addiction are rare. Though there are not so many theories which explain why adolescents are indulged into internet games, the most popular theory on it is the need-satisfaction theory which was insisted on by Suler(1996). Thus this study intended to explore the relationship between the needs and the tendency on the internet game addiction of the highschool male students. The main results of this study are: (1) The tendency on the internet game addiction is affected by the kinds of internet games and the amount of time spent on internet games. (2) The tendency on the internet game addiction have relation to several kinds of needs which adolescents have. (3) Different needs have relation to the tendency on the internet game addiction depending on the kinds of internet games. Thus some needs of adolescents are closely related to the tendency on the internet game addiction. Therefore the preventive program for adolescents which is developed against the internet game addiction should include the topics on needs. And we should train adolescents to express and meet their needs properly.