TY - JOUR AU - Thoyibah, Zurriyatun AU - Nurjannah, Intansari AU - D, W, Sumarni PY - 2017/08/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - CORRELATION BETWEEN FAMILY COMMUNICATION PATTERNS AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL JF - Belitung Nursing Journal JA - Belitung Nurs J VL - 3 IS - 4 SE - Original Research Article DO - 10.33546/bnj.114 UR - https://www.belitungraya.org/BRP/index.php/bnj/article/view/114 SP - 297-306 AB - <p><strong>Background:</strong> Adolescents who are in transition period have high risk behavior of juvenile delinquency. Communication between parents and adolescents effectively and openly could help adolescents to avoid delinquency behavior.</p><p><strong>Objective:</strong> This study aims to examine the relationship between family communication patterns and juvenile delinquency in junior high school.</p><p><strong>Methods:</strong> This &nbsp;research employed a cross-sectional design with correlation description approach. There were 243 students selected using simple random sampling from the 7<sup>th</sup> &nbsp;and 8<sup>th</sup> grade students of junior high school. A questionnaire of juvenile delinquency and family communication pattern were used in this study. Data were analyzed using Chi Square test.</p><p><strong>Result:</strong> The research&nbsp; showed that the majority juvenile delinquency category was low (65%) and&nbsp; the majority of communication pattern was in functional category &nbsp;(73.3%). There was a significant relationship between family communication pattern and juvenile delinquency (p&lt;0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Communication pattern within family have significant association with juvenile delinquency.</p> ER -