Indonesian Youth Research Articles

On Improvisational Islam: Indonesian Youth in a Time of Possibility, by Nur Amali Ibrahim

On Improvisational Islam: Indonesian Youth in a Time of Possibility, by Nur Amali Ibrahim

Addressing the indirect effects family function towards sexual intention on high school student

The active sexual hormones put adolescents at risk to engage in early sexual intercourse, which is detrimental and affects to adolescents physical and mental health. Meanwhile, the family leads as the key and role in shaping the children personality. In this paper, we examine the role of family function on adolescent sexual intentions based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). In practical, we perform the multistage random sampling and get one-thousand six high school students aged 15-18 years in Medan, Indonesia. According to this, the instrument used is the Indonesian Youth Sexual Intention Scale and the Family Function Scale. Long story short, we use Structural Equation Models with Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS) to measure the sexual attitudes and subjective norms influenced sexual intention through moderation of perceived behavior control. In a nutshell, the family function influences sexual intention through mediation of subjective norms with moderation of perceived behavior control. The results are valuable for designing an intervention program for adolescents early sexual behavior problems.

Determinan Penangguran Usia Muda di Wilayah Perkotaan Tahun 2016-2019

The economic development of a country can be seen from indicators open unemployment rate that are able to show the state of the population's income distribution and know who benefits from economic development. From 2016-2019, young people have always been the highest contributor to Indonesia's open unemployment rate. This study discusses the factors that influence the open unemployment rate of urban youth in Indonesia in 2016-2019. The factors are population growth rate, expenditure per capita population, average length of schooling, youth working with high school graduates, provincial minimum wages, registered job seekers and foreign investment. This study uses the panel data linear regression method with the Random Effect Model. The results show that the rate of population growth and foreign investment has a significant positive effect, expenditure per capita of the population and registered job seekers has a significant negative effect, youth working based on the highest education completed are Secondary school and provincial minimum wages have a significant positive effect, the average length of schooling has a negative and insignificant effect

Gender Discrimination on Child Marriage in Indonesia: A Quantitative Research Using Bootstrap Approach

The main objective of this study is to analyze gender discrimination in child marriage in Indonesia. The discrimination is based on early marriage, namely Indonesian youth aged 20-24 years who have been married before the age of 19 years. There are two main factors used, namely gender and age groups. The age group represents the age at first marriage for Indonesian youth who are categorized as early marriage, namely the group aged less than 15 years and aged in the group 16-18 years. This study applies a bootstrap approach to the analysis of variance (ANOVA) due to the failure of the initial assumption tests on the original data. The analysis results show there are significant differences between male and female youth in the percentage of child marriage cases. Gender inequality is indicated based on the finding that young women are found to be four times more vulnerable to being trapped in child marriage than boys. In addition, the results of the analysis also indicate that young women are easier to get trapped in child marriage practices for both age groups. Furthermore, the results of the analysis also indicate that young women are more prone to be involved in child marriage when they are in the 16-18 year group.

Negotiating Representation of Islamic Values on Korean TV Dramas Among Indonesian Muslim Youth

This article describes one of the effects of globalization on young Muslims in Indonesia. They interact with a variety of cultural products from all corners of the world. Focusing on Indonesia, this article argues that the emergence of globalization has provided opportunities for young Muslims to negotiate Islamic value representations of Korean TV dramas. Using ethnography method, this article selects young Indonesian Muslims who like Korean television drama as informants. The emergence of transnational cultural products was believed to play an important role in the process of 'cultural imperialism' among young people. The information and views presented are not considered to be a ‘healthy’ menu for Muslim youth. In fact, in cultural studies, media imperialism or cultural imperialism is famously contested. By interviewing and observing 42 informants, this article finds that Muslim youth do not receive all the messages from the media passively. During their consumption on Korean television dramas, young Muslims are negotiating their representations. They are capable of selecting values from the television dramas. These Muslim consumers in this context do not just accept all the messages and representations of Korean television dramas. Indonesian Muslim youth have an innate cultural identity and conscious knowledge, which they have obtained from their learning environments such as education and culture. Muslim youth interpret "stories" in drama by relating them to their Islamic values. Keywords: Negotiation, representations, Islamic values, youth, Korean TV dramas.

Civic engagement, youth socialisation and participation in public spheres in Indonesia

Abstract Commitment to youth's development for civic engagement activities across the globe varies considerably. The present study was conducted in a few universities of Indonesia to find out the role of civic socialisation and civic behaviour in order to enhance the civic engagement activities. The study opted the quantitative research design to collect the data from the fields. A research instrument was prepared online to gather the data and multiple responses from the diverse socio-economic population “the youth”. The study concludes, youth in Indonesia have learned civic education from schooling, such as from a national subject “Pancasila” which gives a sense of civic education for encouraging youth to participate in civic matters. There are multiple socialisation agents such as family, friends, teachers, and the local environment, which give rise and support to involvement of youth as a civically responsible citizen.

Engaging Community Participation for a Sustainable Smoke Free Initiative

Smoking prevalence in Indonesia remains high, and the percentage of young smokers increases by year, currently reaching 9.1% of the total youth in Indonesia. This global health problem is a severe non-communicable disease, which specifically targets adolescents. This observative research aims to investigate community involvement and multi-discipline coordination in intensifying the smoke-free village and campus, in order to support smoke-free policy. Multi-approach context was proven to deliver a significant impact on the implementation of the policy, which further provided the broad sectors with supports towards the same goal. Meanwhile, the community involvement gave an impression of the program to fasten the tie of social responsibility to succeed in the program. Multi-sector approach and the power of people empowerment have brought a powerful effect to public health. Thus, the same approach and system are essential to be introduced to the community and higher education institutions.

Discourse on Adolescent Deviant Behavior on Social Media Facebook: Indonesian Youth Group Caption

This study aims to determine the content or discourse of deviant behavior by teenagers on Facebook social media and to find out which vocabulary is most widely used by Indonesian teenage grub caption members. This type of research is qualitative with content analysis methods. The subjects of this study were members of the Indonesian Youth Caption group, while the informants used the internet. Based on the results of the analysis and discussion of the data, it shows that the discourse on deviant behavior by teenagers in the Facebook Social Media Grub is: (1) Sharing pornographic videos in the form of adult films or real videos of teenagers who commit deviations, out of habit, and follow what other grub members do, (2) Share pornographic links that can be accessed by members via YouTube or WhatsApp and vent things they cannot do in their daily life, (3) Share pornographic photos for entertainment, are influenced by uploads fellow members, get audience and attention. Then the vocabulary that is often used by teenagers on the Facebook Social Media Grub, namely: (1) Sange, a sentence for men who already understand the adult world, is often used in everyday life, especially teenage boys, slang, and words. which leads to negative and dirty things, (2) Whatsapp media is used to get videos that are is viral, (3) Chat for women because they are used to seeing uploads made by young women, are interested, and feel bored with male friendships.

Reorientation of Approaches in Indonesian Customary Law Studies

This paper is intended to describe some approaches in studying the Indonesian Adat Law. From the exposure is expected to provide various perspectives in studying the sides of Indonesian Adat Law that is used as the object of study of legal scholars today. The current issue of Indonesian Adat Law studies shows a very distressing and lagging state when compared to other legal studies such as Western Law. This situation indicates how Indonesian Adat Law will be left behind and will likely be alienated from the academic community in the future. The problem is allegedly caused by among others the lack and freezing of existing materials and the absence of unity of theme and orientation of study. This paper is intended as an effort to respond to the situation, namely the effort to provide direction and contribution of thought and further development of the study and teaching of customary law which is still ongoing in the faculties of law in general. This study is considered a study of doctrinal law with reference to secondary data. Secondary data collected were processed in a non-statistic, analyzed descriptively-qualitative, and presented narratively based on the topic of the problem studied. The results of this study indicate the need for the Indonesian Adat Law study approach within the framework of Indonesian national jurisprudence. The object of study of this approach is the idea of Adat Law that was born and started since the Indonesian Youth Congress in 1928, which in its development has spawned Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution as the basis and constitution of the independent Indonesian state. In this development Adat Law is essentially an escalation of the values and principles of local adat law into the values and principles of law that serve as the basis of the framework of Indonesian National Law. Therefore, it is necessary to approach Indonesian national jurisprudence in studying Adat Law.

THE EFFECT OF FAMILY LIVING ARRANGEMENT ON DELAYED SEXUAL DEBUT AMONG FEMALE TEENAGERS IN INDONESIA

Delaying sexual debut is essential to prevent female teenagers from early sexual activity that can expose them to the risks of unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion, and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. Family structure has a critical role in shaping adolescents’ sexual behaviors. However, this issue remains poorly understood in Indonesia. The study aims to assess the association between family living arrangement and delayed sexual debut among Indonesian female youth. The study analyzed data of unmarried Indonesian adolescents age 19-24 from Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) 2017, using descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression. After controlling for sex of household head, educational status and knowledge of HIV/AIDS, female teenagers who lived with both parents were more likely to postpone sexual intercourse; however, this effect was not statistically significant. The family living arrangement has important consequences in terms of sexual development among female teenagers. Interventions on strengthening supportive atmosphere within the family and improving parent-adolescent relationships are critical in reducing teenagers' vulnerability to sexual risk-taking behaviors.

LGBTQ+ EXISTENCE IN INDONESIA: INVESTIGATING INDONESIAN YOUTH’S PERSPECTIVES TOWARDS THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY

The presence of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities is a mandatory requirement. Even though the LGBTQ+ community is a group of people concerned about religious belief, Indonesians even now regard LGBTQ+ as transgression and sin. Those who do not consequently approve of same-sex marriage. Interestingly, this perception has been disputed because, in reality, others may have started to be open-minded and fully accept the prevalence of LGBTQ+ people in LGBTQ+ communities. This study used qualitative research to investigate the perspective of Indonesian younger generations towards the LGBTQ+ community in Indonesia. The researcher used the questionnaire as an instrument for data collection with ten questions required to fulfilled by Indonesian youth to investigate their perspectives. The study's data is collected from Indonesian participants, with a total of was eighty-three Indonesian youths between the ages of 15-26 in all around Indonesia. Since the issue of the study is quite sensitive in Indonesia, there are sure of positive and negative perspectives that are also apparent in the result of questionnaires. In a nutshell, the study's aim will further help the authorities take precautions to be incorporated in the future. Also, it is to investigate the Indonesian youths from a different background of beliefs and perspectives toward the LGBTQ+ community. The implication of this research informed young people of the LGBTQ+ subculture to Indonesian parents and teachers as those responsible for educating young kids so that they would not be adversely affected by this social phenomenon.

Global Citizen Preparation: Enhancing Early Childhood Education through Indonesian Local Wisdom

In a globalized world, young people are expected to have critical thinking and communication abilities, such as collaboration and technological skills. Both skills are imperative to equip them to participate in an international environment. However, due to a lack of early childhood education, youths in Indonesia also have less innovativeness and competency. This study aims to discover an ethical culture that enhances early childhood education by using the concept of local wisdom. This research was conducted in one of the Indigenous communities in Indonesia which were the Sundanese Community in Cireundeu, West Java. The qualitative approach used the descriptive method and revealed the consciousness of the Indigenous people in Cireundeu to engage in traditional Sundanese cultural practices by preparing their children to become ethical human beings, as well as being productive and informed global citizens. The results show that the community has implemented decent early childhood education, which is designed to prepare youths who actively engage as global citizens. The implementation of this study can be applied not only to children in Cireundeu but also to children all over the world.

Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Research in Indonesian Youth: A Scoping Review.

Background: This study aimed to map physical activity and sedentary behaviour research trends, designs, and topics for Indonesian youth. Methods: This review conforms to the “Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR).” A systematic search on eight platforms was performed in August 2018 and was updated in April 2020. Results: From 10,753 documents screened, 166 met the selection criteria. Over half of the studies were cross-sectional, and the majority utilized self-reported measurements (physical activity: 81.1%, sedentary behavior: 88.5%). More than two-thirds of the studies examined physical activity only (67.5%). The top three subtopics reported were prevalence/measurement, correlates, and outcomes of physical activity (28%, 24.6%, and 17%, respectively). The prevalence of “sufficient” physical activity ranges between 12.2% and 52.3%, while the prevalence of sedentary behavior ≥3 h per day ranges between 24.5% and 33.8%. Conclusions: Future studies need to focus more on intervention and validation, and research needs to be conducted more with nationally representative samples and on youth at the junior high school level. Future studies need to investigate more on psychological, cognitive, affective, social, cultural, and environmental correlates, and in-depth personal views of physical activity and sedentary behavior. More studies using device-based measurements, longitudinal designs, as well as qualitative and mixed-methods approaches are warranted.

Politics of youth survival in times of crisis

ABSTRACT This essay discusses the discursive shift in the idealized youth citizenship in Indonesia and recent instances that demonstrate the state’s ambivalent treatments of its youth as exemplified with the millennial aides and the government’s lack of support to its young labour force during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. I propose that the pandemic has further established uncertainty and insecurity as the “normal” in young people’s lives. This essay looks into the “politics of survival” imposed on Indonesian youth and discusses the multiple, ongoing, and developing crises that reveal the imaginations of the state and its governance of the ideal youth citizen.

The Fragmented Self: Having Multiple Accounts in Instagram Usage Practice among Indonesian Youth

The usage of social media has become a part of youth’s life in this digital era. Particularly in Indonesia, Instagram is one of the most popular platforms among youth. In the practice of Instagram usage, apparently a person could manage more than just one account, creating phenomenon known as ‘real Instagram account’ and ‘fake Instagram account’. Hence this form of practice is raising question in regards to the identity presented by users in those accounts. This paper aims to analyze the practice of having multiple accounts in Instagram platform, focusing on how the self-presentation of users presented and why such presentation displayed, specifically in the contestation between the concept of ‘real’ and ‘fake’. Scope of the study in this research covers the media psychology of interconnection between self and social media platform. Research was conducted by mixed-method of new ethnography and virtual ethnography. Expected findings in this research include the analysis of fragmented self in Instagram multiple accounts, focusing in the issue of how the concept of ‘real’ and ‘fake’ are being defined by users, and the aspects behind such understandings. Apparently, in the social media platform as Instagram, youth is in search for a sense of freedom and authenticity, where they could be free in expressing themselves. Thus, the motivation of having multiple accounts. However, findings in this research also indicate that certain standards have been created in the Instagram, that at some point to some extent have conditioned users to present themselves in certain ways.

#makansiangdubes: Gaining Foreigns’ Affections through Localized Contents

The effect of Japan nation branding in Indonesia is strong. Indonesian youths and teenagers are attracted to tokusatsu, manga, anime, figures, brands, and J-Pop which make them easily accept and are familiar with pop-culture and kawaii culture from Japan. The development of Japanese creative industries and internet media also reinforce Japanese cultural impacts in Indonesia, especially because Indonesian youths love to spend their pastime accessing social media. Taking this as a good opportunity, Masafumi Ishii, the Japanese Ambassador for Indonesia tries to present the images of Japanese to be closer and accepted by Indonesian youths through #makansiangdubes. Utilizing Instagram @jpnambsindonesia as the platform, Ishii frequently posts his pictures enjoying Indonesian dishes he is eating while making kawaii or cute poses for his followers, holding Japanese and Indonesian cultural arts and brands, and doing his official activities as ambassador. This attracts his followers whose majority are teenagers and youngsters to give likes and leave positive comments to express how they adore his kawaii traits. The methodology adopted signification concepts and semiotics analysis on contents. The analysis on comments explains how the images affect audience’s affective, cognitive, and behavioral responses. Among all comments, affections comprise the majority.

Empirical Study of Consumer Digital Piracy Behavior among Indonesian Youths

The problem of digital piracy is most prevalent in developing countries, such as China and Indonesia Countries that have low average incomes and high unemployment rates are particularly vulnerable to digital piracy. The role of government in improving the field of information technology is still low. This kind of situation has encouraged the increase of the rate of software piracy in the country. The purpose of this paper is effect of Perceived benefits on the attitude toward digital piracy and intention to pirate digital piracy based on models from empirical research. This study uses SEM analysis to assess the effect of Perceived benefits on the attitude towards digital piracy and intention to pirate digital piracy. Result of this study, Perceived benefits influences consumer's attitude toward digital piracy and intention to pirate digital piracy, the attitude toward digital piracy influences intention to pirate digital piracy.

Consuming Representations of Korean TV Dramas among Indonesian Muslim Youth

<p><em><span>This article dealt with Korean TV dramas consumption among Muslim youth in Pekanbaru. It aimed to undestand their interpretations on the television dramas. The values of being a Muslim was constantly under scrutiny by the image representation in Korean TV Dramas. As transnational cultural products, they were considered as reducing Islamic values for Muslim youth. Using ethnographic study, forty two informants were selected based on a purposive sampling technique in which they loved on consuming Korean TV dramas. This article found that Muslim youth were active audiences consuming and interpreting Korean TV dramas. This can be seen from two characteristics. The first is that Muslim youth consumption of Korean TV dramas was not dominantly done through television medium, but through their lapptop. As a result, their position as an active audiences or viewers was obvious. This was because the dramas to be watched were not interrupted by some advertisements. The audiences could also actively watch them without depending on the schedule decided by television stations. The second is that young Muslims watching Korean TV dramas did not accept some representations contradictory with their Islamic identity. However, some of Korean TV dramas were accepted due to their proximity with Islamic values.</span></em></p>

Leadership Management and Youth Competencies in the Administration of Public Policy in Indonesia

Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the leadership style and competence of the leaders according to the Indonesian youth perspective. Besides, the study also identified differences in leadership style and leadership competencies according to the youth perspective based on the level of education. Approach/Methodology/Design: The survey conducted used a questionnaire with 800 Indonesian youth. SPSS 25 and AMOS 18 software were used to analyze the study findings. Findings: The results show that there is a difference in leadership style and leadership competence, according to the Indonesian youth perspective, based on the level of education. The findings of the study show that there is no significant difference in the style of leadership and commitment of the facilitator according to the perspective of Indonesian youth based on the level of education. This shows that Indonesian youth have a similar outlook on leadership style and competence. The findings show that youth with a level of education as students in the school where participation style leadership positively affects emotional ability, while leadership style leads to a negative impact on emotional competence. The results of the study also show that from the perspective of youth studying at the university level, leadership style has a positive effect on emotional competence. While leadership styles support, participation and achievement-oriented leadership styles negatively affect emotional and spiritual capability. Practical Implications: The findings of this study have implications for national leaders to be able to use effective leadership styles in nation-building and to increase their capacity to achieve the direction of national development. Originality/value: The results identify the influence of leadership style on the emotional and spiritual competence of leaders according to the Indonesian youth perspective.

The Existence of First Indigenous Scouting Javaansche Padvinders Organisatie in Mangkunegaran

Scouting progress occurs when the national movement of Indonesia is progressive. Scouting is used as a forum to improve the noble character, skills, personality, and sense of nationality among Indonesian youth. Besides, scouting is a medium to strengthen a national awareness of Indonesian youth. The first indigenous scouting was Javaansche Padvinders Organisatie or abbreviated as JPO. This organization was founded by Mangkunegoro VII. The establishment of the JPO was followed by the establishment of other indigenous scouting organizations. This study aims to determine the background, development, and role of the first indigenous scouting of Javaansche Padvinders Organisatie (JPO) in Mangkunegaran.