GAMBARAN PERILAKU ANAK USIA PRASEKOLAH YANG BERMAIN VIDEO GAME DI TAMANTIRTO
Abstract
Background: Technology is growing very rapidly especially in this modern era.
As technology develops, habits of children change. One of the developed
technology that is consumed by most people now is video game. Video games are
not only playable by adults but also children, which considered as the age group
that play video games more. Video games can alter child behavior such as
negative behavior and positive behavior.
Purpose: This study aims to find out the description behavior of preschool age
children who play video games in Tamantirto district.
Research Method: This research uses descriptive quantitative. The sample in this
study amounted to 183 respondents. The design of this research is using cross
sectional approach. The sampling technique is using Stratified Random Sampling.
Results: The average result of the research shows the description behavior of
preschool children age 3 and 4 who play video games in Tamantirto is in wellbehaved
result with the number of 183 respondents. From the result of the
research, there are 130 respondents (71,0%) who is in well-behaved category, 34
respondents (18,6%) in neutral category and 19 respondents (10,4%) in less wellbehaved
category.
Conclusion: Most respondents are in well-behaved category of the description
behavior of preschool age children who play video games in Tamantirto. Thus,