Open AccessGambaran Ketergantungan Gadget pada Anak Usia Sekolah
Author(s) -
Nurfitri Rahmawati,
Herlina Herlina,
Yesi Hasneli N.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jkep : jurnal keperawatan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2354-6050
pISSN - 2354-6042
DOI - 10.32668/jkep.v6i2.445
Subject(s) - gadget , nonprobability sampling , addiction , psychology , sample (material) , descriptive statistics , computer science , medicine , environmental health , statistics , psychiatry , mathematics , population , chemistry , algorithm , chromatography
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 school-age children. 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. 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 results of this study indicate that more than half of the respondents who are addicted to gadgets are 53.3%. 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.