EMOSI CINTA SISWA: STUDI DI SMPN SE TANAH DATAR

Abstract

This research aims at finding the love emotion of SMP students at Tanah Datar
regency. This was a field research in descriptive qualitative design. The respondents
were the SMP students at Tanah Datar. The data were collected by using observation
and interview. Based on the data analysis, it was found that the students‟ emotion
could be seen from two factors, internal and external factors. First, internal factors
are sexuality desire and intellectual growth. Strong desire and willingness about sex
is developed on students. Consequently, they tend to express the sexuality feeling by
making a very close relationship with the opposite sex and ignore the norm. Next,
intellectual growth is the students‟ immature mind-set which leads them to irrational
thought and cannot cope the emotional problem and their relationship. Beside that,
the students do not participate much in extracurricular activities, that is why they are
too focusing on their love. Second, external factors are parents, peers, culture and
media. Parents do not show the good way in taking care their children. Gathering
with friends or peers who always discuss about love give bad effect also on students.
Boys and girls relationships have became a trend among teenagers and worse by the
uneducated tv shows such as holding hands, hugging, and kissing.