KETERGANTUNGAN ONLINE GAME DAN PENANGANANNYA

Abstract

The study aimed at examining the behavior caused by online game addiction of students at SMPN 1 in Palu which covered the factors which caused the addiction, psychological condition caused by online game addiction, and the impact caused by online game addiction.The study was a qualitative research with a case study based on the respondents and the informants as the data sources. Data were collected through observation and interview. Data were then analyzed by employing descriptive qualitative analysis.The results of the study revealed that the (RZ) and (MT), those two subjects were addicted to online game due to several supporting facilities at home, social factors and friendship among the garners, and curiosity on types of games. The emotional and psychological conditions to both subjects were instability and the impacts caused by the results of online game were lack of social awareness toward their peers, disharmonized relationship with parents, and children tended to become individualistic.Handling online game addiction with the help from various parties, especially the school', gave the trust to school's counselor or teacher of guiding and counseling to hole a seminar for parents concerning the online game and its problems, managing the study time and playing of students, shoud include online game, its impact, and selecting educative games in learning material, as well as building interpersonal communication so that children were more open to their parents.