THE ROLE OF PARENTAL ATTACHMENT ON ADOLESCENT PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR
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Prosocial behavior is an important aspect in forming a cooperative social relation. Adolescence is considered a crucial age in the development of prosocial behavior. The advancement of cognitive development of adolescents is considered parallel with the increase of prosocial behavior. However, in the modern society there has been a decrease of prosocial behavior among adolescents. Through literature review, parental attachment is considered as one of the factors that could enhance prosocial behavior on adolescent. Therefore, this study aims to determine the role of parental attachment on adolescent prosocial behavior. This study is a quantitative study with correlational quantitative methods. This study involved 550 adolescents aged 12-22 years with 546 valid data. The sampling technique used in this study is purposive sampling. This study used Prosocial Behavior Scale by Eisenberg and Mussen (1889) and Wang and Eisenberg (2003) which has obtained by the Faculty of Psychology, Tarumanagara University to measure prosocial behavior. The other measuring instrument used in this study is Inventory Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA) by Armsden and Greenberg (1987) to measure parental attachment. The data collection was conducted in September until November 2024. The data was processed with regression test. The result showed that there is a significant and positive role of secure parental attachment towards adolescent prosocial behavior.
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