Parental attachment, coping efficacy and antisocial behavior among adolescents from divorced family in Selangor, Malaysia
The main purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between parental attachment, coping efficacy and antisocial behavior among adolescents from divorced families. Respondents were 170 secondary school students aged 13 to 17, selected using purposive sampling technique. Self-administere...
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my.upm.eprints.457422021-01-20T17:24:58Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/45742/ Parental attachment, coping efficacy and antisocial behavior among adolescents from divorced family in Selangor, Malaysia Yaacob, Siti Nor Idris, Farah Azimah Gan, Su Wan The main purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between parental attachment, coping efficacy and antisocial behavior among adolescents from divorced families. Respondents were 170 secondary school students aged 13 to 17, selected using purposive sampling technique. Self-administered questionnaire was used in data collection. Adolescents’ attachment with parent was assessed with Parent Attachment subscale from Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA). Coping Self-Efficacy Scale (CSES) and Subtypes of Antisocial Behavior Questionnaire (STAB) were used to measure adolescents’ coping efficacy and antisocial behavior respectively. Correlation analysis showed that mother attachment (r = -.219, p < .01) and coping efficacy (r = -.365, p < .001) had significant negative correlation with antisocial behavior. Coping efficacy fully mediated the relationship between mother attachment and antisocial behavior (Z = -3.197, p < .001). Intervention or prevention programs should target both mothers and children from divorced families. Macrothink Institute 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/45742/1/DIVORCE.pdf Yaacob, Siti Nor and Idris, Farah Azimah and Gan, Su Wan (2015) Parental attachment, coping efficacy and antisocial behavior among adolescents from divorced family in Selangor, Malaysia. Journal of Management Research, 7 (2). pp. 364-374. ISSN 1941-899X http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/jmr/article/view/6954/5827 10.5296/jmr.v7i2.6954 |
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The main purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between parental attachment, coping efficacy and antisocial behavior among adolescents from divorced families. Respondents were 170 secondary school students aged 13 to 17, selected using purposive sampling technique. Self-administered questionnaire was used in data collection. Adolescents’ attachment with parent was assessed with Parent Attachment subscale from Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA). Coping Self-Efficacy Scale (CSES) and Subtypes of Antisocial Behavior Questionnaire (STAB) were used to measure adolescents’ coping efficacy and antisocial behavior respectively. Correlation analysis showed that mother
attachment (r = -.219, p < .01) and coping efficacy (r = -.365, p < .001) had significant negative correlation with antisocial behavior. Coping efficacy fully mediated the relationship between mother attachment and antisocial behavior (Z = -3.197, p < .001). Intervention or prevention programs should target both mothers and children from divorced families. |
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