Hubungan Dukungan Keluarga dengan Motivasi Belajar pada Remaja SMP Swasta di Kota Palembang

Background : Adolescence is a transitional period from childhood to adulthood
and is a group that is vulnerable to changes in the surrounding environment.
Adolescence is often filled with strong feelings and sometimes emotions are
caused by differences in feelings both for the adolescent themselves and for the
adults around them. Family support is a form of assistance and attention provided
by family members, both through words and concrete actions, to support and
motivate individuals in achieving a good learning process. Preliminary studies
show that good family support helps shape good learning motivation.
Objective: This study aims to analyze the relationship between family support and
learning motivation in adolescents, as well as describe the characteristics of
respondents.
Method: The study used a total sampling method on 43 respondents. Data
collection used a family support and learning motivation questionnaire, then
analyzed using Kendall Tau-b.
Results: A total of 43 respondents with a median age of 14 years, the majority of
whom were male (67.4%). The majority had low family support (60.5%) and low
learning motivation (48.8%). There was a strong positive relationship between
family support and learning motivation (τ = 0.542; p = 0.000).
Conclusion: This study shows that family support has a strong positive
relationship with learning motivation in junior high school students.
Suggestion: It is recommended to expand the research variables so that the
results obtained are more comprehensive by adding other factors that may
influence learning motivation, and can increase the number of respondents so that
the research results are more accurate.
Keywords: Adolescents, Family Support, Learning Motivation