Family Support and Learning Achievement in Junior High School Students During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Family support is a relationship process in the form of support by providing help and assistance, which is given to each family member. Family support can help students improve learning achievement in the distance learning process carried out from home during COVID-19. This study aims to determine the relationship between family support and learning achievement in junior high school students who carry out distance learning during COVID-19. This research uses quantitative research methods, with a correlational type. Sampling in this study using purposive sampling technique. This study took 223 participants consisting of junior high school students who carried out distance learning during COVID-19 in grades VII, VIII, and IX in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia. The results of this study indicate that there is no relationship between family support and learning achievement during distance learning during COVID-19, r = .088 with p = .188. This study also shows that family support for junior high school students who carry out distance learning during COVID-19, there are differences when viewed from age and class.