Relationships between self-efficacy, parental attachment, peer attachment and aggression among adolescents in Selangor, Malaysia
Aggression has been recognized as a significant social problem worldwide especially when it is affecting the foundation of a country, which is the young generation. Due to the rising awareness on the severity of this chronic problematic behavior and...
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2016
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| Summary: | Aggression has been recognized as a significant social problem worldwide especially when
it is affecting the foundation of a country, which is the young generation. Due to
the rising awareness on the severity of this chronic problematic behavior and
increasing astonishing cases reported occasionally in Malaysia, more studies are imperative to
identify the factors and remedies pertaining to this situation in order to effectively
ameliorate this issue that has spread throughout the entire country. The manifestations of
aggression among the younger generations nowadays have contributed several social problems
such as substance abuse, antisocial problems, peer rejection and academic failure which
each and every one of those must not be neglected by the society. Therefore, this study is
essential and necessary to investigate the relationship between self-efficacy, parental
(father and mother) attachment, peer attachment and aggression among adolescents in Malaysia.
This study is a quantitative study and utilized a correlational design. Total of 471 adolescents
aged 14 were selected from eight secondary schools in Selangor, Malaysia, recruited using
multistage cluster sampling method. Data were collected using a self-administered
questionnaire. The questionnaires consisted of the revised version of the Inventory of Parent
and Peer Attachment (IPPA), Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Children (SEQ-C) and
Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ).
The results revealed that self-efficacy, parental (father and mother) attachment, peer attachment
were significantly related to adolescent’s aggression. Multiple regression analysis showed
that self-efficacy was significantly contributed to
adolescent’s aggression. Among the independent variables studied, only self-efficacy appeared to be the predictor for adolescent’s aggression in this study. These results
highlighted the important role of self-efficacy in preventing aggression among
adolescents.
A series of multiple regression analysis was carried out to examine the mediation effect of
self-efficacy on the relationship between parental (father and mother) attachment, peer
attachment and adolescent’s aggression. The current study found that the relationship
between father attachment and aggression was partially mediated by self-efficacy while
the relationship between mother attachment and aggression also found partially
mediated by self-efficacy. In addition, self-efficacy fully mediated the relationship
between peer attachment and adolescent’s aggression. The findings of this study
emphasized the important influences of personal factors (self-efficacy) and environmental factors
(parental attachment and peer attachment) of aggression among Malaysian adolescents.
The result of the study was found to strengthen previous findings which explain that parents and
peers have a direct and indirect influence on the social and
behavioral development of adolescents. |
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