THE EFFECT OF GADGET USE INTENSITY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
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https://doi.org/10.33578/pjr.v7i1.8464Keywords:
gadget intensity, covid-19, emotional intelligenceAbstract
The current development makes children no longer unfamiliar with gadgets. Gadget sophistication causes children to prefer to use it frequently, hence it inflicts an addiction effect. The covid-19 pandemic makes children tend to spend their time only using gadgets. This paper describes the effect of the intensity of applying gadgets during the covid-19 pandemic on the emotional intelligence of early childhood. This paper is a quantitative correlation research with a statistical test using Chi Schi-Square. The results indicate that the intensity of gadget use at TK Tembilahan is in the high category with a high percentage of 41%, medium percentage of 36%, and low percentage of 23%, and children's emotional intelligence is in the medium category with an empirical score of 19.10. It implies that there is a significant correlation between the significant intensity of gadget use during the covid-19 pandemic and the emotional intelligence of children aged 5-6 years at Kindergarten in Tembilahan.References
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