The marketing of immersive and competitive online gaming products has proliferated in recent times. Consumption has also shown a substantial increase, especially among children. Such elevated levels of gaming have adversely affected children’s overall well-being. This paper aims to examine the role of parental attachment variables in enhancing children’s self-control behavior in counteracting the adverse effects of excessive gaming. The role of gender in excessive gaming is also studied.,A conceptual framework is tested that examines the direct relationship of features of parental attachment with excessive online gaming behavior and an indirect effect through the mediation of a child’s self-control construct using structural equation modeling.,The findings indicate that parental attachment through self-control can play a significant role in limiting excessive gaming behavior among vulnerable young gamers. Excessive gaming behavior was more pronounced for boys than girls. Alienation explained excessive gaming behavior among girls, while communication was significant for boys, but in a reversed direction.,All possible antecedent variables from the literature, like parental rearing style, that may further contribute to developing a comprehensive theoretical framework could not be studied.,The study suggests that the priming of children achieved through parental attachment relationships may help prevent excessive gaming behavior among vulnerable young gamers.,This study addresses the gap in the understanding of parental attachment features related to excessive gaming among different genders. It also establishes the role of the intervening mechanism of a child’s self-control in regulating behavior in relation to excessive gaming in the Indian context.

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数字世界中的儿童：探索父母与孩子依恋功能在过多的在线游戏中的作用

身临其境且竞争激烈的在线游戏产品的市场营销在最近几年激增。消费量也显着增加，尤其是在儿童中。如此高的游戏水平不利地影响了儿童的整体健康。本文旨在研究父母依恋变量在增强孩子的自我控制行为以抵消过度游戏的不利影响中的作用。还研究了性别在过度游戏中的作用。测试了概念框架，研究了父母依恋特征与过度在线游戏行为的直接关系以及通过使用结构方程模型介导的孩子的自我控制构造的间接影响。，研究结果表明，通过自我控制的父母依恋可以在限制脆弱的年轻游戏玩家过度游戏行为中发挥重要作用。男孩的过度游戏行为比女孩更为明显。异化解释了女孩之间过度的游戏行为，而沟通对男孩而言却很重要，但方向相反。文献中所有可能的先入变量，如父母的抚养方式，都可能对进一步发展全面的理论框架做出贡献。这项研究表明，通过父母依恋关系实现的对孩子的启动可能有助于防止脆弱的年轻游戏者过度玩游戏。这项研究解决了在不同性别对父母依恋特征了解方面的差距。