Description of Parenting Styles on Adolescents with Risk Behavior in a Vocational High School at Pangandaran Regency

Gambaran Pola Asuh Orang Tua pada Remaja dengan Perilaku Berisiko di SMK“X†Kabupaten Pangandaran

Abstract

Adolescence is a vulnerable period of risky behaviors. Proper
parenng style is needed so that adolescents do not engage in
risky behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcoholic beverages,
abusing drugs, and engaging in premarital sexual relaons. The
study aimed to describe parenng styles in adolescents with risk
behaviors. This was a descripve quantave research with a
cross-seconal approach. The populaon was parents of
students with risk behaviors in a Vocaonal High School totaling
213 people. The sampling technique was used as a proporonate
strafied random sampling. The number of samples was 139
people. Data collecon was performed by using a Quesonnaire
Parenng Style and Dimensions instrument which had been
tested for validity test with a result (.423-.748)) and reliability test
(>.70). The collected data was analyzed by using a univariate test.
The result showed that almost half of respondents (38.12%) on
smoker's adolescents and (33.33%) of smokers also drinker
adolescents used authoritarian parenng. Whereas, respondents
on adolescents who smoked also drunk alcohol and used drugs
and respondents on an adolescent who engages in premarital sex
all of the respondents (100%) used permissive parenng. Besides
that, all of the respondents (100%) used authoritarian parenng
on adolescents who engage in premarital sex also smoked and
used drugs. Therefore, a proper parenng style is very much
needed by the parent to be able to minimize the level of risk
behavior occurrence in adolescents.

Keywords : Adolescent, family, parenng and risk behavior.