Internet Addiction pada Remaja Pelaku Substance Abuse: Penyebab atau Akibat?

• Main Author: Ajeng Intan Nur Rahmawati
• Format: Article
• Language: Indonesian
• Published: Universitas Gadjah Mada 2018-06-01
• Series: Buletin Psikologi
• Subjects: internet addiction; substance abuse; adolescence; remaja
• Online Access: https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/buletinpsikologi/article/view/31164

The purpose of this article to find out which variables are the causes and effects between substancial abuse and internet addiction through conceptual studies.Internet addiction and substance abuse are known to have correlation.But this becomes overlapping, which is the cause andthe result. The results of this conceptual study explain that adolescents who experience substance abuse will tend tobe the cause of increased prevalenceinternet addiction, because the use of addictive substances will determine how fast internet addiction develops. Conversely, adolescents who experience Internet addiction is not necessarily the cause of the emergence of substance abuse. It can be concluded that substance abuse is the cause of high levels of internet addiction in adolescents, likewisethe internet addiction has the potential to cause substance abuse