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Gambaran Ketergantungan Gadget Pada Anak Usia Sekolah
Excessive usage of gadgets can lead to addiction for school-age
children, which has some impacts on the child's physical and psychosocial
development. This study aims to describe the dependence of gadgets on schoolage
children. Methods: This study used a descriptive design. The sample of this
study was 30 respondents who were taken by non-probability sampling technique,
namely purposive sampling. The measuring instrument of this study was the
Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Version (SAS-SAV) questionnaire. Data
analysis used simple descriptive. Result: Most of respondents were 11 years old
(66.7%), boy (70%), first-born (36.7%), fifth grade (70.0%), application used was
games (83.3%), usage time of gadget was 1-2 hours (36.7%) and the owner of
gadget for respondents was their parents (63.3%). The result showed that the level
of gadget dependency was high (53.3%). Conclusion: The result of this study
indicates that more than half of the respondents suffered gadget addiction. This
study recommends to community, especially families, to be able to monitor their
children in the usage of gadget and can prevent gadget addiction in school-age
children.
Keywords: Dependency, gadget, school-age children
References: 78 (2009-2019)
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