This study aims to examine relationship between sexual communication in the family, shame, and the tendency of homosexual behaviour at santri. The main hypothesis in this sudy is that there is relationship between sexual communication in the family, shame, and the tendency of homosexual behaviour at santri. The minor hypotheses are 1. Sexual communication has relationship with the tendency of homosexual behaviour at santri; and 2. Shame has relationship with the tendency of homosexual behaviour at santri.
Method used in this study is quantitative method. The population in this study is students of islamic boarding schools at the education level equivalent with Madrasah Aliyah. From 12 Islamic boarding schools, 3 boarding schools are selected to be a place of research, with amount of sample 170 santri. The research instrument used are the scale of homosexual behaviour tendencies, the scale of sexual communication in the family, and the scale of shame that has been tested for its validity and reliability. Data analysis techniques used multiple regression analysis with the help of SPSS 20.0 program.
Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between shame, sexual communication, and the tendency of homosexual behaviour in santri. Furthermore, there is also a significant negative value between sexual communication in the family and the tendency of homosexual behaviour in santri. Whereas in relationship between shame and the tendency of homosexual behaviour in santri does not have any negative value. So in this study it can be concluded that the better the sexual communication in the family is given it will reduce the tendency of homosexual behaviour, and the researcher gives the program design to the boarding school by giving sexual education to the students of " Sex Education "
