Parents' Intervention In Chinese Young People’s Gaming Behaviours And Family Relationship

• In Event: Child Development Across Varied Contexts

Abstract

In the digital age, the contradiction between mobile games between parents and children is becoming more common. Parental surveillance on mobile phones allows access to digital conversations and photos, enabling continuous contact with young people. Lachace's (2019) study underscores the adaptability of teenagers to parental monitoring. Furthermore, the Chinese government published a policy about the time and money youth can spend on mobile games in 2021. This research, based on 1,800 questionnaires and 20 family interviews, using family function theory and anti-panopticon theory, mainly found that the problem is regarding on gaming experience of parents, the excuses from parents about youth mobile gaming behaviour lead to family discord.

Author

• Dajun Wang, University of Glasgow