<![CDATA[This study aims to examine the influence of interpersonal relationships on problematic internet use among adolescents in West Sumatra. Adolescents are an age group in a stage of social development that is vulnerable to various environmental influences, making interpersonal relationships an important factor in their daily lives. This study employed a quantitative approach using simple linear regression analysis to test the proposed hypothesis. The analysis results showed a significant influence of interpersonal relationships on problematic internet use, with a significance value of 0.000 (< 0.05) and a regression coefficient of -0.124. These findings indicate that the higher the quality of adolescents' interpersonal relationships, the lower their tendency to experience problematic internet use. However, the R Square value of 0.035 suggests that interpersonal relationships contribute only 3.5% to the tendency of problematic internet use, while the remaining 96.5% is influenced by other factors not examined in this study. These findings highlight the importance of strengthening interpersonal relationships as an effort to prevent problematic internet use among adolescents.]]>
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