THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ONLINE GAME ADDICTION AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR AMONG ADOLESCENTS AT SMPN 45 PEKANBARU

Abstract

Online games are one form of activity that causes addiction in adolescents, online games can trigger violent behavior. Exposure to videos containing elements of violence can increase physiological arousal in online games, cause aggressive thoughts, emotions, and actions, and reduce positive and prosocial activities. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between online game addiction and violent behavior in adolescents at SMP 45 Pekanbaru. This research method is quantitative with a cross- sectional approach and a sample of 84 taken from a population of 514 using the Stratified random sampling technique. Data collection using the Online Game Questionnaire and the Violent Behavior Questionnaire and the analysis used was the Chi-Squere test. The results of this study were obtained from male respondents (71.4%) while female respondents (28.6%), almost half were 12-13 years old 24 people (28.5%), while more than half were 14-17 years old 60 people (71.5%). the level of online game addiction with a moderate level of (44%), the level of violent behavior with a high level of (61.9%), respondents experienced moderate addiction with severe violent behavior (22.9%), using the chi square test with a significance level of 90%, it was found that the p-value of 0.455 was greater than the significant value of 0.05 (p-value 0.787> 0.05). The conclusion of this study is that there is no relationship between online game addiction and violent behavior in adolescents at SMPN 45 Pekanbaru.