%0 Journal Article %T Komunikasi ibu dan anak dengan depresi pada remaja %A Ariza Cilvia Nora %A Erlina Listyanti Widuri %J HUMANITAS %D 2012 %I Universitas Ahmad Dahlan %X This study aims to determine the relationship between mother and child communication with depression in adolescents. Samples of this study were students of ¡®Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan Negeri 02¡¯ Depok (Sleman), Yogyakarta, 17-18 years old and living with parents. The numbers of samples in this study were 90 people. Quantitative analysis was carried out using quantitative method; data was retrieved using a scale of depression in adolescent and maternal and child communication scale. Data analysis techniques used was the Pearson correlation. The analysis indicated a highly significant negative relationship between maternal communication and children with depression in adolescents, with a correlation coefficient (r) = -0.325 with (p) = 0.002 (p <0.01). Maternal communication and children contributed in influencing depression in adolescents was 10.5%. Based on research that has been done, the researcher concluded that there was a highly significant negative relationship between maternal communication and children with depression in adolescents. The better communication is done on the child¡¯s mother, the smaller the occurrence of depression in adolescents, whereas the lack of communication on the child¡¯s mothers, the greater occurrence of depression in adolescents. %U http://journal.uad.ac.id/index.php/HUMANITAS/article/view/232