Correlation between Parenting Styles and Peer Attachment with Aggressive Behavior Potentials in Adolescent Boys

Abstract

Background: Adolescence is a transitional phase that causes biological, cognitive, social-emotional, and behavioral changes. One of the issues of concern is aggressive behavior in adolescents. Parenting styles and peer attachment are one of the factors that have an influence on potential aggressive behavior in adolescent boys.Objectives To analyze the relationship between parenting styles and peer attachment to the potential aggressive behavior of adolescent boys. Method:The subjects were junior high school male students who are cared for by both biological parents and can follow all of the research procedures. The research design was cross-sectional with total sampling technique. Subjects performed anamnesis related data self, parent demographic data, and peers. (PAQ), (IPPA) (BPAQ). The analyzes used were Pearson, Spearman, and Anova. Results:The majority of parenting styles was permissive (34.06%; 48.00%). Parenting styles and peer attachments did not have a significant relationship with potential aggressive behavior (p = 0.798; p = 0.071; p = 0.695). There was a negative correlation of peer attachment with alienation dimension (p = 0.001). Other significant dimensions with potential dimensions of aggressive behavior were trust (p = 0.018; 0.022) and communication (p = 0.029; p = 0.000). Conclusion:Parenting styles and peer attachments did not have a meaningful relationship with potential aggressive behavior in adolescent boys. However, there were some significant correlations between the dimensions of parenting and peer attachment with potential dimensions of aggressive behavior.

Psychosocial factors as predictors of aggressive behaviors among primary school learners

“…Similarly, the finding is corroborated by the findings of Masud et al (2019), who found that aggression could be linked with parenting styles in both negative and positive ways. However, the finding partially agrees with the findings of Setiawati et al (2020), who reported a positive but nonsignificant relationship between parental styles and aggressive behavior in teenage boys. This contrast may stem from the biased sample of their study “teenage boys.” This present study sampled both male and female teenagers.…”

“…The impact of peer pressure and parenting styles on the aggressive behavior of teenage boys was studied by Setiawati et al in 2020. The findings showed a relationship between parental styles and aggressive behavior in teenage boys that were positive but not statistically significant; the relationship between aggressive behavior and peer influence was negative but statistically significant.…”

“…The frequency at which teenagers engage in aggressive behaviors poses a threat to societal tranquility and peaceful coexistence. Studies indicate that certain psychosocial changes taking place in young adults are responsible for their behavior characteristics (Jeon et al, 2021; Kumuyi et al, 2021; Llorca‐Mestre et al, 2017; Setiawati et al, 2020;). However, efforts targeted at addressing aggressive behaviors in the school space, especially in Nigeria, appear to have neglected background factors like parenting styles, peer influence, and self‐control within the study coverage; additionally, studies on aggressive behavior among learners in primary schools, especially in the African space, seem not to have been given the needed priority.…”

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