Rosmala Dewi, Raudah Zaimah Dalimunthe, Muhammad Fitri Rahmadana, Muhammad Bukhori Dalimunthe, Eka Airlangga
Adolescence is the age where students experience a phase of vulnerability in their lives. Information technology can change t he way that people think, behave, and act so that it can affect students who are in their teens. The resilience of students is important to build especially those related to drug initiation because a low level of resilience can pose a considerable risk for the development of psychopathology and psychosocial risks of children. Research respondents came from 7 high schools in North Sumatra, which was identified by the teacher as having the potential for drug abuse totaling 96 students. Data collection using questionnaires and tests to respondents (students). Data analysis techniques using path analysis. The results showed that: 1) technology utilization had no effect on self-potential as measured by intelligence and Locus of control; 2) the technology utilization influences awareness drugs hazard awareness, life skills, and spiritual guidance; 3) drugs hazard awareness, life skills, and spiritual guidance affect the self-resilience to drug initiation; 4) self-potential does not affect the self-resilience to drug initiation. We recommend that those directly involved in the development of adolescent students, namely teachers, parents, and peers, can be empowered through education programs with a technological approach through applications specifically designed to suppress drug initiation in adolescence. IJSTR©2020.
Faculty of Science Education, Universitas Negeri Medan, Indonesia; Faculty of Science Education, Universitas Ageng Tirtayasa, Indonesia; Faculty of Economic, Universitas Negeri Medan, Indonesia; Faculty of Medicine
