Abstract. This study aims to examine the role of social skills in mediating the relationship between excessive Internet use and psychological wellbeing. Participants of this study was 206 adolescents aged 16-24 years (87 men, 119 women). Internet Addiction, Social Skills, and Psychological Wellbeing Scales were used to measure these variables. Simple regression analysis indicates that excessive Internet use is a predictor of psychological wellbeing (b = -0.1774, p <0.05), also of social skills (b = -0.314, p <0.01). However, the role of excessive Internet use were decreased even close to zero when regression of this variable with psychological wellbeing were done by including social skills. Excessive Internet use predicted lower psychological wellbeing of the individuals with low socially skilled. Thus, it can be concluded that the social skills is a mediator variable of excessive Internet use relationships and psychological wellbeing.Keywords: mediation, internet addiction, psychological wellbeing, social skills Abstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji peran keterampilan sosial dalam memediasi hubungan antara penggunaan internet berlebihan dengan kesejahteraan psikologis remaja. Partisipan penelitian ini adalah 206 remaja berusia 16-24 tahun (87 lakilaki, 119 perempuan). Skala Adiksi Internet, Skala Keterampilan Sosial, dan Skala Kesejahteraan Psikologis yang digunakan untuk mengukur ketiga variabel penelitian sudah memenuhi standar psikometri. Dengan prosedur pengujian variabel mediator, analisis regresi menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan internet berlebihan merupakan prediktor bagi kesejahteraan psikologis (b = -0,1774; p < 0,05) maupun keterampilan sosial (b = -0,314; p < 0,01). Peran penggunaan internet berlebihan ini menurun bahkan mendekati nol ketika regresinya dengan kesejahteraan psikologis dilakukan dengan mengikutsertakan keterampilan sosial. Penggunaan internet berlebihan memrediksi rendahnya kesejahteraan psikologis pada individu yang kurang terampil sosial. Dengan demikian disimpulkan bahwa keterampilan sosial merupakan variabel mediator dari hubungan penggunaan internet berlebihan dengan kesejahteraan psikologis.
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