Parental attachment, peer attachment, and delinquency among adolescents in Selangor, Malaysia

This study aimed to investigate the relationships between parental attachment, peer attachment and delinquency among adolescents. 480 adolescents aged 13-17 were randomly selected from four secondary schools in Malaysia. The revised version of the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA) (Arm...

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Main Authors: Lim, Jia Choon, Hasbullah @ Abdullah, Muslihah, Ahmad, Sa'odah, Wu, Shin Ling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28195/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28195/1/28195.pdf
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author Lim, Jia Choon
Hasbullah @ Abdullah, Muslihah
Ahmad, Sa'odah
Wu, Shin Ling
author_facet Lim, Jia Choon
Hasbullah @ Abdullah, Muslihah
Ahmad, Sa'odah
Wu, Shin Ling
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description This study aimed to investigate the relationships between parental attachment, peer attachment and delinquency among adolescents. 480 adolescents aged 13-17 were randomly selected from four secondary schools in Malaysia. The revised version of the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA) (Armsden & Greenberg, 1987) and the Self-report Delinquency Scale (Mak, 1993) were used in this study. The results revealed significant negative relationship between father and mother attachment with ad olescents’ delinquency and significant positive relationship between peer attachments with adolescents’ delinquency. Statistically significant differences were obtained for males and females adolescents where males are more delinquent than females. Multiple regression analysis showed that gender is the strongest predictors for adolescents’ delinquency,followed by peer attachment, moth er attachment and father attachment. Practical recommendation and implementation are discussed where attachment could be included as a target for implementing intervention.
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spelling upm-281952017-10-20T09:27:09Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28195/ Parental attachment, peer attachment, and delinquency among adolescents in Selangor, Malaysia Lim, Jia Choon Hasbullah @ Abdullah, Muslihah Ahmad, Sa'odah Wu, Shin Ling This study aimed to investigate the relationships between parental attachment, peer attachment and delinquency among adolescents. 480 adolescents aged 13-17 were randomly selected from four secondary schools in Malaysia. The revised version of the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA) (Armsden & Greenberg, 1987) and the Self-report Delinquency Scale (Mak, 1993) were used in this study. The results revealed significant negative relationship between father and mother attachment with ad olescents’ delinquency and significant positive relationship between peer attachments with adolescents’ delinquency. Statistically significant differences were obtained for males and females adolescents where males are more delinquent than females. Multiple regression analysis showed that gender is the strongest predictors for adolescents’ delinquency,followed by peer attachment, moth er attachment and father attachment. Practical recommendation and implementation are discussed where attachment could be included as a target for implementing intervention. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28195/1/28195.pdf Lim, Jia Choon and Hasbullah @ Abdullah, Muslihah and Ahmad, Sa'odah and Wu, Shin Ling (2013) Parental attachment, peer attachment, and delinquency among adolescents in Selangor, Malaysia. Asian Social Science, 9 (15). pp. 214-219. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025 http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/31615 10.5539/ass.v9n15p214
spellingShingle Lim, Jia Choon
Hasbullah @ Abdullah, Muslihah
Ahmad, Sa'odah
Wu, Shin Ling
Parental attachment, peer attachment, and delinquency among adolescents in Selangor, Malaysia
title Parental attachment, peer attachment, and delinquency among adolescents in Selangor, Malaysia
title_full Parental attachment, peer attachment, and delinquency among adolescents in Selangor, Malaysia
title_fullStr Parental attachment, peer attachment, and delinquency among adolescents in Selangor, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Parental attachment, peer attachment, and delinquency among adolescents in Selangor, Malaysia
title_short Parental attachment, peer attachment, and delinquency among adolescents in Selangor, Malaysia
title_sort parental attachment, peer attachment, and delinquency among adolescents in selangor, malaysia
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28195/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28195/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28195/1/28195.pdf