Journal of Family Sciences

Interaction Adolescent–Parent and Peer, Social Media,and Social Skill

2024-07-01T08:33:23+07:00

Social skills are abilities that adolescents need to possess to form an attitude of empathy and social awareness. Adolescents acquire these social skills through good inter-family interactions at home. This study aimed to analyze the interaction between adolescents, parents, and peers, as well as the use of social media on social skills. This study involved 100 late adolescents aged 18–21 years throughout Indonesia. This study used a cross-sectional design and a survey method with a questionnaire tool using a Google form distributed during April 2022. The study results showed that the quality of adolescent-parent and peer interactions, use of social media, and social skills were moderate. The correlation test results showed a positive relationship between adolescent-parent and peer interactions and the use of social media with social skills. The regression test results showed a positive effect of adolescent-peer interaction and the use of social media on social skills. The conclusion was that the better the quality of adolescent interactions with peers and the use of social media, the greater the improvement in social skills. This research implies that a community that involves youth in social activities through Karang Taruna can provide youth with the opportunity to hone their social skills.

The Coping Strategy and Subjective Well-Being of Indonesian Families amid the Covid-19 Pandemic

2024-06-30T12:23:28+07:00

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, economic pressures have forced families to make various adjustments to maintain their well-being. This study investigated economic coping strategies and the subjective well-being of families during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 1,125 families in Indonesia participated in an online survey using Google Forms and spoke through social media. The research shows that families experienced a decrease in income, which encouraged them to adopt various economic coping strategies. The coping strategy adopted was cutting expenses while increasing income, mainly by utilizing hobbies or skills. Income changes, education, poverty status, savings withdrawal, selling or pawn assets, asking for aid, and borrowing money significantly influenced subjective well-being. Differences in subjective well-being can be observed in economic status, education level, and changes in income. Changes in income and higher education positively affected subjective well-being. Poverty status also had a negative effect on subjective well-being negatively.

The Influence of Children’s Educational Value and Gender Responsive Education Parenting towards Adolescent Interest in Continuing Higher Education During Covid-19 Pandemic

2024-07-01T08:38:44+07:00

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in socioeconomic changes that have decreased interest in continuing higher education. This study aimed to analyze the influence of children’s educational value and gender-responsive education parenting toward adolescent interest in continuing higher education during the Covid-19 Pandemic. This study used a cross-sectional design and a non-probability purposive sampling method. Data were collected in May 2022, with a total of 40 male and 40 female adolescents from four public high schools in the Brebes Regency. This study used descriptive analysis, t-tests, correlation, and path analysis with the SEM-PLS model. The results found that There were no significant differences between the variables studied in the sample of male and female adolescents. Based on a correlation test, there was a significant relationship between the core variables. The SEM-PLS model shows that gender has a significant influence on children’s educational value and interest in continuing higher education. Other results show that children’s educational value has a significant effect on their interest in continuing higher education. This study implies that interest in continuing higher education can be increased by increasing children’s educational value.

Marriage Age Preference, Desire to Have Children, Children’s Value, and Family Readiness among Undergraduate Students of IPB University

2024-06-30T12:23:25+07:00

Family readiness is a way to measure a person's level of readiness to build a family and have children. This study aimed to analyze the influence of age preferences for marriage, desire to have children, and children's values on family readiness among IPB students. This study was attended by 206 respondents, aged 19-24 years, who were unmarried. Data were collected online using purposive sampling. The results showed that marriage age preference ranged from to 24-25 years, most of the samples stated their strong desire to have children, and the children’s value and family readiness were in the moderate category. The correlation test showed that marriage age preference had a significant negative relationship with family readiness, while children’s values and desire to have children had a significant positive relationship with family readiness. The PLS test results show that children's values have a significant positive effect on family readiness. The higher the value of the benefits of children owned by a person, the higher their readiness to start a family. This study suggests that it is important for young adults to build positive communication with their parents to increase positive values for children and families.

The Family Characteristics, Eight Family Functions and Socio-Economic Class of Contribution Assistance Recipient Families in Indonesia

2024-06-30T12:23:23+07:00

Efforts to realize quality human and family resources can be achieved through optimizing the implementation of the eight family functions. This research was conducted to analyze what kind of family characteristics and at what socio-economic level are the families receiving contribution assistance in Indonesia, as well as to examine the extent of knowledge about the eight functions of the family in families receiving contribution assistance. This study uses longitudinal secondary data from the 2015-2019 National Medium-Term Development Plan Performance Indicator Survey. Data processing and analysis were carried out descriptively and inferentially using cross tabulation and regression testing. The study included 943,004 individual respondents. The result show that the higher the socioeconomic class of the family, the higher the knowledge about the eight family functions, this is statistically very significant as evidenced by the P value below 0.05, with a coefficient of 0.676. It is surprising that this study states that family size has no significant effect on socioeconomic class. Study proves that when the PBI Contribution recipient family data is regressed with socioeconomic class, the low economic class is positively correlated with a coefficient value of 0.481 and is statistically significant with a 95 percent confidence level and below 0.05, which is 0.000, meaning that in low socioeconomic families, they are the largest recipients of PBI contributions.

The Influence of Social Support, Self-Esteem, and Optimism on Resilience of High School Students During the Covid-19 Pandemic

2024-06-30T12:23:22+07:00

Resilience is an important thing that adolescents should have in dealing with changes during the Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of social support, self-esteem, and optimism on high school student resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic. The research design used is explanatory with voluntary sampling techniques and involves 193 high school students in the Kebumen regency, data analysis was performed using descriptive and inferential analysis used SPSS and Microsoft Excel. The results showed that children get the highest social support from parents and the lowest from teachers. In addition, the largest proportion of students have moderate self-esteem and resilience. However, the largest proportion for optimism is in a low category. The results also showed a very significant positive relationship between social support, self-esteem, and optimism with high school students' resilience. The other result also shows that high school students' resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic was directly affected by self-esteem and optimism. Variables of social support, self-esteem, optimism, adolescent and family characteristics are important aspects in improving the resilience of high school students during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Influence of Parenting Style and Stimulation on Social-Emotional Development: Study of Stunting and Not Stunting Toddlers in Bogor Regency

2024-06-30T12:23:31+07:00

Stunting is a chronic nutritional problem that can disrupt children's growth and development, one of which is social-emotional development. This research generally aims to analyze the influence of parenting style and social-emotional stimulation on children's social-emotional development. The research design uses explanatory survey methods. The research involved 41 stunting toddlers and 41 non-stunting toddlers aged 2-3 years and their mothers as main caregivers who were selected purposively and lived in Cibodas Village, Rumpin District, Bogor Regency, West Java on July 2023. Data were processed and analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2016 software and IBM Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Statistics 26 software. The results show that stunting toddlers are more commonly found in boys, families with low-educated mothers and fathers, and low incomes. Even so, in this study no significant different test results were found. The results of the correlation test show that age of father and mother is significantly positively related to authoritative parenting style. It can be interpreted that as father and mother get older, the authoritative parenting style is possibly applied more frequently. The results of the regression test show that authoritative parenting styles and social-emotional stimulation have a significant positive effect on social-emotional development. The application of good authoritative parenting style and social-emotional stimulation will improve social-emotional development in both stunting and non-stunting children.

Strategy for Institutionalizing Inclusive Family Quality Toward Women Civil Servants

2024-06-30T18:24:35+07:00

The background to this research is that the implementation of family quality and human resource management system support is not yet optimal, especially for female civil servants. The novelty of this research is that it is a strategy for family quality that includes female civil servants in government agencies. This research aims to determine the factors that influence and strategies for the quality of family inclusion in female civil servants. Qualitative research method with a case study of female civil servants at Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection RI (MoWECP) in October 2023 – February 2024, 7 key informants, with INVIVO Program and Gender Analysis Pathway. The results of this research are the importance of factors that influence family quality as a form of family support system. The strategy for inclusive HR management for female civil servants is the implementation of Flexible Working Arrangements (FWA), structured performance dialogue, strengthening the BerAKHLAK culture, optimal talent management, and the formation of gender working groups in agencies capable of creating a conducive work environment which is adapted to the work culture and local wisdom of each institution.