Smartphone Addiction among Adolescence Students: Its Implication toward Family Communication, Learning, Guidance and Counselling

Adi Atmoko, Indah Kartika Sari, Augusto Da Costa, Nugraheni Warih Utami, Eny Tri Wahyuni

Abstract

Abstract: The symptoms of smartphone addiction have been extensively observed in adolescent students. This study aims to investigate the effects of smartphone addiction on students’ communication with their families, their learning, as well as guidance and counseling processes. The causal correlational design was applied, involving 103 participants selected total samplings of eighth-graders junior high school students. The data was garnered through the smartphone addiction scale and family communication scale. Both of those scales had item validity of 0.3, with Alpha Cronbach reliability of 0.937 and 0.850, respectively. The obtained data were analyzed using regression. The analysis results suggest that smartphone addiction significantly decreased the quality of students’ communication with their families, by -0,416. This result can be fundamental for school counselors and the subject teachers in formulating and implementing the learning process, to reduce the effects of smartphone addiction, enhance their communication skills, and improve the learning efficiency through the use of the smartphone as learning media, instead of restraining the smartphone use.


Abstrak: Dewasa ini, gejala kecanduan smartphone semakin meluas pada siswa remaja. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kontribusi kecanduan smartphone terhadap kualitas komunikasi siswa dalam keluarga, dan membahas implikasinya bagi pembelajaran, serta bimbingan dan konseling. Rancangan kausal korelasional digunakan pada 103 responden siswa kelas delapan yang menggunakan smartphone lebih dari 5 jam sehari, yang dipilih secara total sampling di sekolah menengah pertama. Data dikumpulkan dengan skala kecanduan smartphone dan skala komunikasi dalam keluarga yang telah diuji, keduanya memiliki validitas butir lebih dari sama dengan 0,3, reliabilitas Alpha Cronbach 0,937 dan 0,850. Data dianalisis regresi. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa kecanduan smartphone berkontribusi signifikan menurunkan kualitas komunikasi siswa dalam keluarga sebesar -0,416. Implikasinya adalah konselor sekolah perlu berkolaborasi dengan guru bidang studi dalam menyusun dan melaksanakan program untuk mengurangi dampak negatif, meningkatkan kemampuan komunikasi, dan meningkatkan keefektifan pembelajaran dengan menggunakan smartphone sebagai media belajar, alih-alih membatasi penggunaannya baik di rumah maupun di kelas.

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Authors

Adi Atmoko
adi.atmoko.fip@um.ac.id (Primary Contact)
Indah Kartika Sari
Augusto Da Costa
Nugraheni Warih Utami
Eny Tri Wahyuni
Atmoko, A., Sari, I. K. ., Da Costa, A. ., Utami, N. W. ., & Wahyuni, E. T. . (2022). Smartphone Addiction among Adolescence Students: Its Implication toward Family Communication, Learning, Guidance and Counselling. Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan Dan Konseling, 7(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.17977/um001v7i12022p1-9

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