The Relationship Of Peer Support And Self Control With Social Media Addiction

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Excessive use of social media is called social media addiction. The goal of this study was to find out how social media addiction and peer support for self-control affect SMA Negeri 5 Padang students. The descriptive correlational approach and quantitative approach are utilized in this study. A purposive sampling strategy is utilized in the sampling procedure. The study's findings demonstrate: 1) The moderate category includes peer support; 2) (S) self-control falls under the moderate category; 3) Social media addiction falls into the moderate category; 4) There is a correlation coefficient of 0.327 between peer support and social media addiction; 5) There is a correlation coefficient of 0.515  between self control and social media addiction; and 6) There is a correlation coefficient of 0.542 between peer support and self control and social media addiction. This demonstrates that social media addiction can be reduced with increased self-control and peer support.

Keywords : peer support, self control, social media addiction