CYBERBULLYING AND GAME ADDICTION, ITS EFFECT ON STUDENTS MENTAL HEALTH

Abstract

Game addiction is a dependency behavior on online games that is currently rampant.This addictive behavior is basically caused by excessive use of the internet, so it is very difficult for teenagers/students to withdraw from the desire not to play games.The aim of this study is to describe the game addiction behavior/cyber bullying and its effect on mental health of teenagers/students.This study used qualitative method.The data collection was carried out in three ways: interview, observation, and documentation.The results of the study shows that a very high percentage of teenagers/students are engaged in games every day and this has led to game addiction and it's a big distraction both for their academics and daily activities, this has given rise to mental health of many of this students.Cyber bullying and online game addiction had an effect on several domains, namely a sense of dependency that was marked by disability to withdraw from the desire to play games.This paper shows that cyberbullying and game addiction has a negative relationship with the mental health of adolescents and has a direct effect on violent behavior, anxiety, depression and isolation from teenagers who play this match.