GAMBLING AMONG ADOLESCENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Maria Montessori, Ideal Putra, Frenji Malta

Universitas Negeri Padang

Abstract

Gambling is a behavior that has many negative impacts in ones life. In fact gambling is not only done by adults and in the places that have been determined, but also done by high school students in the neighborhood around their schools. This article seeks to explore and analyze how gambling is happening and done by high school students along with the factors that contribute to the students behavior. This research uses qualitative approach with case study method at one of Public high school in Pesisir Selatan district. Data were collected by observation techniques, in-depth interviews and documentation studies. Informant of this research is students who often play gambling in the neighborhood around the school, teachers and principals, parents of students who often gamble and some people in the community around the school.. Data were analysis through four stages that is, data collection, data reduction, data display and conclusion. The results showed that the behavior of gambling conducted by high school students has lasted long and had an impact on student’s development and the students’ progress of the studies. This could be happens because of some people in community around the school provide students with various gambling facilities from which they can get profit. Efforts by schools to deal with gambling by students are often unsuccessful especially in the absence of awareness from the community to jointly overcome them

Keywords: Gambling, behavior, high school students

Topic: Virtues, Characters and Civic Community