Abstract
Empathy is a person's ability to recognize and understand the emotions, thoughts and attitudes of others. One of the things that affect one's empathy is addiction to online games. This study aims to determine whether the level of online gaming addiction will reduce empathy in students. The research subjects were 120 students of the Faculty of Science and Technology of UIN Suska Riau, obtained using purposive sampling. The instrument in this study is the online game addiction scale which is a modification of the Chen and Chang scale and the result of the adaptation and modification of the empathy scale of the Davis scale. Pearson correlation analysis results obtained there is a negative relationship between online game addiction with empathy for students means that the higher the duration of a person's time playing online games, the less the level of one's empathy. Keywords: Empathy, Addiction to online games
Highlights
Empathy is a person’s ability to recognize and understand the emotions, thoughts and attitudes of others
This study aims to determine whether the level of online gaming addiction will reduce empathy in students
Understanding Online Gaming Addiction And Treatment Issues For Adolescents
Summary
Empati merupakan kemampuan seseorang untuk mengenal dan memahami emosi, pikiran serta sikap orang lain. Salah satu hal yang mempengaruhi empati seseorang adalah kecanduan game online. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah tingkat kecanduan game online akan mengurangi empati pada mahasiswa. Sampel penelitian berjumlah 120 Mahasiswa Fakultas Sains dan Teknologi UIN Suska Riau yang menggunakan teknik pengampilan sampel yakni purposive sampling. Instrument dalam penelitian ini yaitu skala kecanduan game online yang merupakan hasil modifikasi dari skala Chen dan Chang dan hasil adaptasi dan modifikasi skala empati dari skala Davis. Hasil analisis korelasi product moment dari Pearson diperoleh ada hubungan yang negatif antara kecanduan game online dengan empati pada mahasiswa artinya semakin tinggi durasi jam seseorang bermain game online maka semakin kurang tingkat empati seseorang
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
