The Influence of Mother-Child Relationship on the Restriction Aspect of Internet Addiction among Teenagers that Implements Distance Learning

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the influence of child-mother relations and the influence of child-father relations on adolescents who are active students at the Junior High School level in Bandar Lampung. The location of this research is a school location with the situation and status of the area, including the red zone with a distance learning policy with internet media during the Covid-19 pandemic. This type of research is quantitative, using the Bandung Family Relationship Test (TRK-B) scale for family relationship data and the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) scale. Data analysis was carried out using the partial regression method.

This research was conducted on 251 students of SMPX Bandar Lampung City with the application of distance learning using Internet media. The results showed that statistically, there was a partial relationship between family relations regarding restrictions on the level of internet addiction. Simple linear shows a significant correlation between the restriction aspect of the child-mother relationship variable and the level of internet addiction (r=0.300, p=0.001). The study's general conclusion is that there is an influence of mother and child relations in the aspect of restriction on the tendency of internet addiction in junior high school students in Bandar Lampung City with the application of distance learning during the Covid-19 pandemic.