Mutiara Medika: Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan
Vol 13, No 2 (2013)

Parental Practice and Problem Video Game Playing in Adolescents

Romdzati, - ( Master of Nursing Science (International Program), Faculty of Nursing, Khon Kaen University)
Chanthapreeda, Nilawan ( Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Khon Kaen University)



Article Info

Publish Date
02 Feb 2016

Abstract

The descriptive design study was conducted to describe demographic data, parental practice, and problem video game playing in adolescents. Data was collected from 224 parents and 224 adolescents who study in one primary, one secondary, and one high school in Yogyakarta municipality, Yogyakarta province, Republic of Indonesia. It was collected using parental practice in video game playing adolescents’ questionnaires and problem video game playing (PVP) scale during April to May 2013. The results showed that the majority of parents were in good practice level. Parental practice in video game playing in adolescents was at a moderate practice (18.8%, n=42) and good practice (81.2%, n=182). There were no parents in bad practice level. The majority of adolescents were non problematic playing. There were 84.4 % (n=189) non problematic playing, while 15.6% (n=35) were problematic playing.

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Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology

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Jurnal Mutiara Medika Fakultas Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan (MMJKK) Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta is a peer-reviewed and open access journal that focuses on promoting medical sciences generated from basic sciences, clinical, and community or public health research to integrate researches in ...