Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat hubungan antara keberfungsian keluarga (family functioning) dan penyesuaian diri sosial (social adjustment) pada mahasiswa baru di Universitas Indonesia. Kualitas keberfungsian keluarga termasuk di dalamnya kohesivitas dan fleksibilitas membantu proses penyesuaian diri sosial pada mahasiswa baru (Holmbeck, Grayson, & Wandrei, 1993). Pengukuran keberfungsian keluarga menggunakan instrument Family Adaptation and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES II) dan Family Communication Scale (FCS). Penyesuaian diri sosial diukur menggunakan instrument Student Adaptation to College Questionaire (SACQ) dengan item dari dimensi sosial. Total partisipan dalam penelitian ini adalah 315 orang yang merupakan mahasiswa baru Universitas Indonesia dan tersebar di 14 fakultas. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan tidak terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara keberfungsian keluarga dengan penyesuaian diri sosial (r = 0.05, p>0.01).

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This research was conducted to find the correlation between family functioning and social adjustment among freshmen in University of Indonesia. The quality of family functioning including cohesiveness and flexibility helps the process of social adjustment among freshmen (Holmbeck, Grayson, & Wandrei, 1993). Family functioning was measured by Family Adaptation and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES II) and Family Communication Scale (FCS), and social adjustment was measured by Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ) with the item from social dimension. There were 315 participants from 14 faculties in University of Indonesia who participated in this research. The result show there is no significant relationship between family functioning and social adjustment (r = 0.05, p>0.01).