The purpose of this study is to examine the moderated mediating effects of internet game addiction and Internet self-efficacy in the relationship between interpersonal relationship satisfaction and depression in adult. For this purpose, an online surv...
The purpose of this study is to examine the moderated mediating effects of internet game addiction and Internet self-efficacy in the relationship between interpersonal relationship satisfaction and depression in adult. For this purpose, an online survey of online game player between the ages 18 and age 49 was carried out and a total of 373 data was used for the final analysis. It was measured through an online self-report questionnaire for 373 people, interpersonal relationship satisfaction, depression, internet game addiction, internet self-efficacy were measured. The results of the analyzing the mediating effect, the moderating effect, and the moderated mediating effect are as follows. first, the partial mediating effect of internet game addiction was confirmed in the context of interpersonal relationship satisfaction and depression. Second, the moderating effect of Internet self-efficacy was statistically significant in the relationship between internet game addiction and depression. Third, internet game addiction mediated the process of interpersonal relationship satisfaction on depression, and the relationship between internet game addiction and depression was the regulated by Interne self-efficacy, confirming the moderated mediating effect. These results indicate that lower interpersonal relationship satisfaction is associated with high depression through internet game addiction, and show that the lower level of internet self-efficacy, the lower the level of internet game addiction. This study identified factors contributing to the process of expression of depression by researching people researching people with interpersonal relationship satisfaction and further suggest the necessity for a therapeutic intervention that can sublimate the toxic symptoms of people with interpersonal relationship satisfaction and can relieve internet game addiction by identifying the mechanisms regulating this process. Based on the above research results, the implications the study, activation of intervention methods, and limitation were discussed.