Abstract
Friends played significant role due to middle adolescents tended to imitate behaviour of their friends including the risk behaviour. Parental monitoring could minimize the risk. However, the excessive unreasonable parental monitoring tended to increase risk behaviour of middle adolescents. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to know whether perceived parental monitoring had a significant relationship with risk behaviour among middle adolescents. This study used quantitative method with two measuring instruments in the form of a questionnaire, Parental Monitoring Questionnaire which consisted of 25 items to measure parental monitoring and Adolescence Risk Behaviour Questionnaire which consisted of 15 items to measure risk behaviour. The participants in this study were 105 male senior high school student age 15-17 years, who lived with both of their parents in Jakarta. Correlation test results showed that there was a significant relationship between perceived parental monitoring and substance use, premarital sex, and criminal behaviour among middle adolescents. Based on these results, the researcher presented some discussion materials and the suggestions that needed to be considered for further research.
Highlights
Statistical data has shown that the prevalence of risky behavior often appears during the developmental stage of adolescents, especially in adolescents who are in high school education and above (> 14 years), such as smoking behavior, alcohol use, sexual activity, engaging in delinquency, acting criminally, and so on. (Schuster, Mermelstein, & Wakschlag, 2013)
The results of this study indicate that parental monitoring has a significant relationship with risky behavior, such as delinquency, smoking, drug use and sexual activity
The results of this study indicate that parental monitoring does not have a significant relationship with risky behavior, such as delinquency, smoking, sexual activity and drug use
Summary
Statistical data has shown that the prevalence of risky behavior often appears during the developmental stage of adolescents, especially in adolescents who are in high school education and above (> 14 years), such as smoking behavior, alcohol use, sexual activity, engaging in delinquency, acting criminally, and so on. (Schuster, Mermelstein, & Wakschlag, 2013). Statistical data has shown that the prevalence of risky behavior often appears during the developmental stage of adolescents, especially in adolescents who are in high school education and above (> 14 years), such as smoking behavior, alcohol use, sexual activity, engaging in delinquency, acting criminally, and so on. Some of the risky behaviors of adolescents in Indonesia have shown a number that needs attention because they are alarming. The percentage of Indonesian adolescents aged 13-15 years who smoke is 19.4%, which is the highest among other ASEAN countries Another risky behavior is that 70 percent of teenagers start drinking alcohol from the age of 15-19 percent and women 58 percent. Younger marijuana users (ages 14 to 15) had a significantly higher risk of suicidal behavior, not overall (Gobby et al, 2019)
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