Hubungan antara Lama Menonton Televisi dan Prestasi Akademik Anak Usia Sekolah

Abstract

Background. Even there is a negative effect of viewing television, but it is still has an advantage such as for an educational media for promote children to learn. However there are not definite whether the duration of viewing television could affect school performance at school age or not. Aim. To investigate the association of duration of viewing television could affect school performance at school age. Method. This was a cross sectional study of 6 to 12 years old students at Shafiyyatul Amaliyyah primary school, Medan during November 2009, use a questioner to fill of their parent. Results. There were 249 students enrolled in this study, consist of 137 (55%) boys, and 112 (45%) girls. There were a weak negative correlation between duration of viewing television to children’s academic performance (r = -0.205, P = 0.001). but there were no significant correlation between their academic performance and the duration of learning, sleeping, playing on the computer game or PlayStation and their school activities. Conclusion. There was a weak negative correlation between duration of viewing television to academic performance.

Latar Belakang. Meskipun menonton televisi mempunyai pengaruh negatif, namun mempunyai keuntungan, seperti media edukasi justru mendorong minat anak untuk belajar. Masih belum jelas apakah lamanya menonton televisi dapat berpengaruh pada prestasi akademik anak usia sekolah. Tujuan. Untuk menilai hubungan antara lama menonton televisi dengan prestasi akademik pada anak usia sekolah. Metode. Penelitian ini merupakan studi cross sectional pada anak usia 6 sampai 12 tahun selama di SD Shafiyyatul Amaliyyah, Medan selama bulan November 2009 dengan menggunakan kuesioner yang diisi oleh orangtua. Hasil. Sebanyak 249 anak memenuhi kriteria sampel penelitian yang terdiri dari 137 (55%) anak laki-laki dan 112 (45%) anak perempuan. Dijumpai korelasi negatif yang lemah namun bermakna antara lama menonton televisi dengan prestasi akademik pada anak (r = - 0.205, P = 0.001). Namun tidak ada hubungan yang bermakna antara prestasi akademik dengan lama belajar, lama tidur, lama bermain game, lama bermain PS, usia awal menonton televisi dan jumlah ekstrakurikuler. Kesimpulan. Didapatkan hubungan korelasi negatif yang lemah antara menonton televisi dengan prestasi akademik.