Communication Relationship of Parents with Adolescent Smoking Behavior at SMP PGRI Bergas

Abstract

The phenomenon of juvenile delinquency that often occurs today is smoking behavior. Smoking behavior is a deviant behavior in adolescents, but this can be controlled with communication between parents and adolescents. Communication is able to maintain close relationships for parents and adolescents, and is able to foster values and norms so that adolescents avoid deviant behaviors, especially smoking. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between parental communication and adolescent smoking behavior. The research design is a quantitative study with a correlation study approach. The population of this study was 58 students using a total sample sampling technique. Instruments used by PACS to measure parental communication and adolescent smoking behavior questionnaires. Bivariate analysis using Spearman rank test. The results showed that most of the communication between parents and teenagers was in the medium category, 33 respondents (56.9%) and most of the teenagers smoked, 34 respondents (58.6%). There is a relationship between parental communication and adolescent smoking behavior at SMP PGRI Bergas with a p value of 0.00 <0.05 with an r value of -0.824 which means there is a negative relationship with a strong correlation.