Aggression in Adolescents: The Role of Mother-Child Attachment and Self-Esteem

Muarifah, Alif and Mashar, Riana and Hashim, Intan Hashimah Mohd and Rofiah, Nurul Hidayati and Oktaviani, Fitriana (2023) Aggression in Adolescents: The Role of Mother-Child Attachment and Self-Esteem. [Artikel Dosen]

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Abstract

Every year, adolescents’ aggressive behavior in the world continues to increase, including in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Teenagers’ aggressive behavior in Yogyakarta leads to criminal acts resulting in physical sacrifices and death. The aggressive behavior of teenagers is known as Klithih. It develops and continues to increase every year, causing public anxiety and concern. This study aimed to examine the role of mother–child attachment and self-esteem against aggression. Aggression, mother’s attachment, and self-esteem scales were deployed to collect data and were filled out by 730 high school students between 15 and 19 years old from twenty-three schools in five municipalities in Yogyakarta Province (M = 16.52, SD = 0.793, 310 male students and 420 female students). Descriptive statistics described research data by IBM SPSS 23 and structural equation modeling by AMOS v20 to test research hypotheses. The results of the study showed a good fit, indicating that self-esteem might enhance the effect of each mother’s attachment style on aggression. Our study showed that insecure attachment positively and significantly affected aggression and negatively and significantly affected self-esteem. Furthermore, it also revealed that anxious attachment positively and significantly influenced aggression and negatively and significantly influenced self-esteem. Lastly, our finding revealed that self-esteem negatively and significantly affected aggression. These findings suggested that better mother’s attachment and higher self-esteem in adolescents may lower the possibility of aggression, whereas insecure attachment, anxious attachment, and low self-esteem may increase the risk of aggression.

Item Type:	Artikel Dosen
Additional Information:	adolescents; aggression; attachment; self-esteem; structural equation modeling
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Divisi / Prodi:	Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan) > S1-Pendidikan Guru PAUD
Depositing User:	riana mashar
Date Deposited:	15 Nov 2023 01:46
Last Modified:	15 Nov 2023 01:46
URI:	http://eprints.uad.ac.id/id/eprint/50731

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