HUBUNGAN PAPARAN MEDIA SOSIAL TIKTOK DENGAN PERILAKU SEKSUAL PADA REMAJA KELAS X DI SMA KARYA IBU PALEMBANG

Background: Social media is a medium on the internet that allows users to
represent themselves and interact, collaborate, share, communicate with other
users, and form virtual social bonds. The positive impact of using social media
among adolescents is communicating and making many friends, while the
negative impact of using social media for adolescents is dependence, social
interaction gaps, and freedom in relationships through social media which can
trigger sexual behavior of kissing, necking, petting, and intercourse.
Methods: The research design used was descriptive with cross-sectional. Data
collection uses a questionnaire on tiktok social media exposure and sexual
behavior that has been tested for validity and reliability. The number of
population samples in this study amounted to 62 respondents and the sample in
this study amounted to 62 respondents who were taken by total sampling
technique. The statistical test used in this study was Kendall's Tau.
Results: The results of this study univariately showed that the majority of
respondents were 16 years old, female 36 (58.1%), moderate exposure to social
media tiktok 46 (74.2%), and mild sexual behavior 34 (54.8%). The bivariate
results showed that there was a significant relationship between tiktok social
media exposure and adolescent sexual behavior (p value = 0.014).
Conclusions and Suggestions: In this study, it was found that there is a
relationship between exposure to social media and adolescent sexual behavior, so
it is hoped that adolescents can be wiser in using social media, especially tiktok
and be more careful in socializing