Digital piracy is a global concern for society. Although adolescents’ digital piracy in South Korea is pervasive, its cause has rarely been examined. Using data collected by the Korean Institute of Criminology (KIC) in 2009, this study conducted structural equation modeling to determine if low self-control and social learning theory accounted for digital piracy. This study found that parental indifference increased adolescents’ digital piracy through low self-control and misconception about digital piracy. However, there were no direct effects of parental indifference on the digital piracy behaviors. In particular, the mediation effect in the model combining low self-control and misconception was greater compared to other models. Overall, the combination of low self-control and social learning theory provided a more meaningful framework to explain adolescents’ digital piracy. Results of this study can offer ways to aid in the examination and remediation of this particular form of deviant behaviors on the Internet by adolescents.

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韩国父母的冷漠与儿童的数字盗版：低自控力和误解的中介作用

数字盗版是全球社会关注的问题。尽管韩国青少年的数字盗版很普遍，但其原因却很少被调查。本研究使用韩国犯罪学研究所 (KIC) 在 2009 年收集的数据进行了结构方程模型，以确定低自我控制和社会学习理论是否可以解释数字盗版。本研究发现，父母的冷漠通过低自控力和对数字盗版的误解增加了青少年的数字盗版。然而，父母的冷漠对数字盗版行为没有直接影响。尤其是在低自控和误解相结合的模型中，中介效应比其他模型更大。全面的，低自控力和社会学习理论的结合提供了一个更有意义的框架来解释青少年的数字盗版。这项研究的结果可以提供帮助检查和纠正青少年在互联网上这种特殊形式的异常行为的方法。