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The Relationship between Level of Parent’s Affection and Peer Influence
On Delinquent Behavior among Adolescents
Farhanah binti Saifor Adzlan
Supervisor: Dr. Md Aris Safree bin Md Yasin
Bachelor of Counseling
School of Social and Economic Development
Delinquent behavior among adolescents is a universal issue and problem. It happens
in all countries irrespective of race, religion and status of a country. Therefore, this
study aims to examine the relationship between parental relationships and peer
influence on delinquent behavior among adolescents. 335 school student age between
13 and 17 years old in two risky school which is SMK Seri Budiman and SMK Sultan
Mansor in Terengganu were involved in this study. This study was conducted using a
quantitative survey design through purposive sampling. This study also uses the Benda
Scale Questionnaires by Benda (1995) to measure parental relationship among
adolescent, Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA) by Armsden and
Greenberg (1987) to measure peer influence against adolescents and Inventory
Delinquency Scale by Junger (1997) to measure delinquent behavior among sample
that was chosen. Data were analyse using Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences
(SPSS version 25) software, analyzed using descriptive analysis (frequency,
percentage and mean). Expected finding in this study are there have significant
relationship between parental relationships and peer influence on delinquent behavior.
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