Abstract

Humans are basically social creatures which encourage humans to interact or communicate with each other. Adolescence is a period of development that is between childhood and adulthood. Part of the task of adolescent development that is difficult to do is something related to social adjustment. So the aim of this research is to determine the role/influence of interpersonal communication on students' social adjustment. This research uses a correlational quantitative approach. The respondents in this study were 115 junior high school students taken by incidental sampling. The research instrument used an interpersonal communication scale and a social adjustment scale. Data analysis was carried out using simple linear regression analysis with the help of the SPSS (Statistical Product and Service Solution) program. The results of data analysis obtained a beta (β) value of 0.830 with p = 0.000 (p<0.05). This shows that there is an influence of interpersonal communication on students' social adjustment. The research results also found that the coefficient of determination R2 was 0.690. This means that interpersonal communication contributes 69% to social adjustment, the rest is influenced by other variables not studied.