Application Of Cooperative Play Therapy In Reducing Symptoms Of Gadget Addiction In Teenagers In Junior High Schools In Indonesia

Abstract

Teenagers who are addicted to gadgets are unable to socialize with their peers, lose empathy, sympathy, and become apathetic. This study aims to analyze the effect of cooperative play therapy on symptoms of gadget addiction in adolescents at SMPN 32 Surabaya. This research method uses a Pre-Experimental design with a One-group pre-post test design, the population of SMPN 32 Surabaya students is 73 students. A sample size of 62 respondents was taken using the probability sampling method with a random sampling technique. The independent variable is the provision of cooperative play therapy while the dependent variable is the symptoms of gadget addiction in students. Data analysis in this study used the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, with a significance level of α = 0.05. The results showed that before therapy, almost all (91.9%) respondents were addicted to gadgets, after therapy, most (88.7%) respondents were not addicted to gadgets. The results of the analysis based on the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test of gadget addiction symptoms with a significance value of α = 0.05 obtained ρ = 0.000 which means ρ <α, it can be concluded that Ho is rejected, meaning there is an effect of cooperative play therapy on gadget addiction symptoms in adolescents at SMPN 32 Surabaya. Cooperative play therapy showed a significant decrease in gadget addiction symptoms after being given cooperative play therapy. For SMPN 32 Surabaya, it is expected to be input in improving cooperative play therapy on gadget addiction symptoms in students.