HUBUNGAN ANTARA STRES PSIKOSOSIAL DENGAN PERILAKU MEROKOK PADA REMAJA

Abstract

This research aims at determining the relationship betweenpsychosocial stress and smoking behavior in teenagers. This research isa descriptive research with quantitative design (correlation analytic) andcross sectional approach. The population was teenagers who wereidentified as smokers. The samples were a number of 56 respondentswho were taken by using quota sampling technique. The instruments ofthis research were a psychosocial stress questionnaire and smokingbehavior questionnaire. The result of the statistic test showed thesignificance value on p 0.021 (p<0.05) in the positive correlation.Spearman-Rank test showed the correlation value (r) on 0,308. Theconclusion was an association between psychosocial stress and smokingbehavior in teenagers but the correlation was not strong enough.Keywords: smoking behavior, teenagers, psychosocial stress.