HUBUNGAN KECANDUAN GAMES ONLINE TERHADAP PERKEMBANGAN PSIKOSOSIAL ANAK USIA SEKOLAH DASAR

Abstract

Online games are online games that are played on computers, smartphones and other gaming devices. One of the users is school-aged children. Addiction to games in school children is characterized by playing outside the allotted time which has a negative impact on their psychosocial development. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between internet gaming and the psychosocial development of elementary school students. Descriptive correlation with a cross-sectional approach is used as a research method. In this study there were 65 respondents who were selected based on inclusion criteria using a stratified random sampling technique. The measuring tool used is a questionnaire that has been modified by the researcher. The results showed that most of the respondents were 11 years old (47.7%) and male (60.0%). The average time to play games is not more than 1-3 hours/day (67.7%), most of the respondents are identified as addicted to online games (67.7%) and have adequate psychosocial development (58.5%). Analysis using Fisher's exact test shows that p-value (0.00) < α (0.05) means that there is a relationship between online games and the psychosocial development of school-age children. Parents and teachers are encouraged to work closely with the health care team to identify a child's play disorder that affects psychosocial development