CORRELATION BETWEEN IN-GAME PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR WITH EMPATHY IN ADOLESCENT GAMERS

Past research in this research field provided abundant evidence that exposure to video games would increase negative social tendencies. In contrast, some studies found more positive effects of video game exposure. This study was conducted to find correlation between prosocial behavior occurred in the game play of online game with the empathy within the gamers themselves. The sample consisted of 147 online gamers who play MMORPG/Open World games in several game centers in Yogyakarta. The study showed that MMORPG/Open World games can become something that allows the gamers to socialize themselves and become more prosocial that would lead to empathy enhancement. Based on the statistic test, the result indicated that there was a positive correlation between in-game prosocial behavior with empathy in the adolescent gamers. The test itself was using Pearson Product Moment correlation analysis method. From the test we obtained and the significance value was ( ). Therefore, the hypothesis was confirmed