Lin Zhengzheng, Zha Ying
School of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China.
School of Normal Education, Longyan University, Longyan, Fujian, China.
PeerJ. 2025 Aug 28;13:e19787. doi: 10.7717/peerj.19787. eCollection 2025.
Internet games are becoming a popular form of entertainment. However, overindulgence in online games may lead to online game addiction, which may have a negative impact on the health of adolescents. As a special group of adolescents, migrant children's Internet game addiction has also attracted much attention. This study aimed to explore the effects of cumulative ecological risk on migrant children's Internet game addiction, and to investigate the mediating role of self-educational expectations and the moderating role of gender.
A questionnaire survey method was employed in this study. Using convenience sampling, a total of 314 migrant children completed the cumulative ecological risks scale, self-education expectations scale, and Internet game addiction scale.
The findings showed that cumulative ecological risk had a significant effect on migrant children's Internet game addiction, and self-education expectations partially mediating the relationship between cumulative ecological risk and Internet game addiction. The latter part of the mediating effect in the pathway "cumulative ecological risk → self-educational expectations → Internet game addiction" is moderated by gender. Specifically, the impact of self-educational expectations on game addiction is stronger for male students compared to female students.
Comprehensive measures should be taken to address the problem of online game addiction among migrant children, including reducing the ecological risk faced by migrant children, raising self-education expectations and paying attention to gender differences.
网络游戏正成为一种流行的娱乐形式。然而，过度沉迷网络游戏可能导致网络游戏成瘾，这可能对青少年的健康产生负面影响。作为青少年中的一个特殊群体，流动儿童的网络游戏成瘾问题也备受关注。本研究旨在探讨累积生态风险对流动儿童网络游戏成瘾的影响，并考察自我教育期望的中介作用以及性别的调节作用。
本研究采用问卷调查法。通过便利抽样，共有314名流动儿童完成了累积生态风险量表、自我教育期望量表和网络游戏成瘾量表。
研究结果表明，累积生态风险对流动儿童的网络游戏成瘾有显著影响，自我教育期望在累积生态风险与网络游戏成瘾之间起部分中介作用。“累积生态风险→自我教育期望→网络游戏成瘾”路径中中介效应的后半部分受到性别的调节。具体而言，与女生相比，自我教育期望对男生游戏成瘾的影响更强。
应采取综合措施解决流动儿童网络游戏成瘾问题，包括降低流动儿童面临的生态风险、提高自我教育期望并关注性别差异。
