KECANDUAN GADGET DAN KETERAMPILAN SOSIAL PADA REMAJA DI SMA PGRI I PADANG

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Social skills are very important for teenagers in helping social interaction. Low social skills can
lead to poor teenagers to interact effectively with the environment. One of the external factors
affecting social skills is the advancement of gadget technology where the current phenomenon of
adolescents tend to be addicted to gadgets. The purpose of this study to determine the relationship
of gadget addiction with social skills in adolescents class X & XI in Senior High School PGRI I
Padang 2017. This type of research is analytical with cross sectional approach. The population in
this study amounted to 311 people with sampling technique that is proportional random sampling
of 76 samples. The research was conducted on July 6, 2017. Data analysis was done by univariate
and bivariate statistic test using chi-square with 95% confidence α = 0,05. The results of the study
found that 55.3% of respondents have poor social skills, adolescents who are addicted to high
gadget as much as 52.6%. From the statistical test results showed p value = 0.042 (p <0.05).
Baced on these results it can be concluded that there is a relationship between gadget
addiction with social skills.
Key words: Gadget addiction, Social Skills, Teenagers