COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR PLAY THERAPY (CBPT) UNTUK MEREDUKSI AGRESIFITAS VERBAL ANAK DENGAN GEJALA ADIKSI MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER ONLINE BATTLE ARENA (MOBA) GAME

Massively Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) Game addiction is increasingly becoming a serious problem in children, especially in Indonesia. Children involved in this addiction often show aggressive behavior, especially in the form of verbal aggressiveness. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavior Play Therapy (CBPT) in reducing verbal aggressiveness in children who experience symptoms of MOBA game addiction. The method used is an experiment with a pretest-posttest control group design. The research subjects consisted of boys aged 11-12 years and had been involved in MOBA for more than one year as many as 12 people with an arrangement of 6 people in the experimental group and 6 people in the control group. Measurements using Verbal Aggression Scale (VAS) and Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents (GASA) were analyzed using Mann Whitney and Wilcoxon tests. The results showed that CBPT was effective in reducing verbal aggressive behavior significantly.