Peer Attachment, Fathering, Social Media Use and Perception of Premarital Sexual Attitude among Teenagers

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the links among peer attachment, fathering, social media use, and the perception of premarital sexual among adolescents. Two hundred and four high school (SMA) students and 114 Vocational High School (SMK) students voluntarily participated in this online survey. Results showed fathering was negatively associated with the perception of premarital sex among adolescents in which participants with positive experiences in fathering would report low score in perception of premarital sexual. On the other hand, social media use was significantly linked to the high score of perception of premarital sexual. Regression analysis indicated participants’ dating experience, lack of fathering experience and high social media use to be predictors for the perception of premarital sex among adolecscent.

The Influence of Parent-Adolescent and Peer Interaction on Premarital Sexual Perception of Broken Home Adolescent

“…The results show that peer interaction gets an average of moderate categories in each dimension, except for the conflict dimension which has a low category. Riany and Handayani (2020) identify premarital sex into two dimensions, namely the dimensions of non-risky behavior and risky behavior. Non-risky behavior is adolescents' understanding of the stages in premarital sexual behavior related to holding hands, hugging, and kissing.…”

“…The instrument used in the adolescent premarital sexual variable uses the premarital attitude instrument by Riany and Handayani (2020) for the adolescent premarital sexual variable, this instrument has two dimensions, namely non-risky sexual behavior and risky sexual behavior. These dimensions measure the perception of the behavior.…”