摘要：Nowadays 73,5% teenagers in Surakarta uses internet more than 4 hours a day. Internet addiction is influenced by several factors, one of them is the relationship with parents. Family communication pattern is an important part of the relationship between parents and teenagers. Laissez-faire family communication pattern becomes the highest possibility factor of causing internet addiction on teenagers. This study aims to determine the relationship between laissez-faire family communication pattern and internet addiction on teenagers in Surakarta.This study uses quantitative methods.It uses purposive incidental sampling, obtained 185 teenagers in Surakarta by using the scale of Internet Addiction (r = 0,930) and scale of Laissez-faire Family Communication Pattern (r = 0,802). The analysis of this study is Pearson’s product moments.The result of the analysis shows that the value of r = 0,369 with p = 0,000 (p < 0,05). This result indicates that there is a significant positive relationship between laissez-faire family communication pattern with internet addiction on teenagers in Surakarta.
关键词：family communication pattern; internet addiction; laissez-faire; teenagers
