The Relationship Between Playing Online Games and its Impact on Human Sleep Patterns among Youth in Malaysia
- January 4, 2019
- Posted by: RSIS
- Category: Social Science
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume II, Issue XII, December 2018 | ISSN 2454–6186
N. Fatimah1, M.Y. Kamal2, R. Normala3, C.Azlini4, Z.M. Lukman5
1,2,3,4,5Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
Abstract—Online games can be addictive, and it could affect one’s sleeping patterns. Hence, this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between playing online games and also its impact on human sleep patterns among youth specifically in Malaysia. The respondents consisted of 317 youth people who were in the age range of 15-year-old until 30-year-old. This study adopted descriptive analysis approach and the findings were recorded using frequency and percentage to determine the index of sleeping quality of the youth whether it correlated with playing online games or otherwise. The instrument used was in the form of questionnaire. The findings showed that the majority of the respondents do have sleeping problems but on various indexes. The index of having minor sleeping problem due to online games found that the highest value recorded was significantly 42.05%. Meanwhile, only 3.47% of the youth suffered from severe sleeping problem because of playing online games. Therefore, the impact of playing online games excessively could affect the sleeping patterns if it becomes uncontrollable.
Keywords—Online Game, Youth, Sleep Patterns, Sleep Problem, Malaysia.
I. INTRODUCTION
In this era of globalization, the technology has become progressively sophisticated and advanced. Its development has been extended in various sectors such as in agriculture, domestic, entertainment, services and others. Nowadays, the entertainment technology; specifically digital games, is rapidly developed compare to the other types of technology. According to [1], the online gaming industry has been evolving and turned into an industry that counts billions for the profit. Online games are games played using the internet network [2].
