Mental Health of College Students and Its Relation to Life Satisfaction and Social Media Abuse

Adolescents are known for their critical development period due to problems they often face in their daily lives. The problem occurs as a result of adolescent developmental tasks that have not been appropriately fulfilled. One of the problems of adolescents is social media abuse. This study analyzes college students' mental health and their relation to life satisfaction and social media abuse. This research is a quantitative approach that involved 302 college students from the Vocational School of IPB University as respondents. The sampling technique used convenience sampling considering the data is taken online and distributed to as many population members as possible. With this technique, respondents are assumed to be willing to fill out the questionnaire because they feel more comfortable and safer. The results prove that male students in this study more often abuse social media than female students. College student life satisfaction in this study is not related and does not influence mental health and social media abuse. Mental health is proven to be related and influenced by abuse behavior, where an increase in mental health will decrease the tendency of social media abuse on college students

Mental Health of College Students and Its Relation to Life Satisfaction and Social Media Abuse

Adolescents are known for their critical development period due to problems they often face in their daily lives. The problem occurs as a result of adolescent developmental tasks that have not been appropriately fulfilled. One of the problems of adolescents is social media abuse. This study analyzes college students' mental health and their relation to life satisfaction and social media abuse. This research is a quantitative approach that involved 302 college students from the Vocational School of IPB University as respondents. The sampling technique used convenience sampling considering the data is taken online and distributed to as many population members as possible. With this technique, respondents are assumed to be willing to fill out the questionnaire because they feel more comfortable and safer. The results prove that male students in this study more often abuse social media than female students. College student life satisfaction in this study is not related and does not influence mental health and social media abuse. Mental health is proven to be related and influenced by abuse behavior, where an increase in mental health will decrease the tendency of social media abuse on college students

Penerimaan Orang Tua Menentukan Lingkungan Pengasuhan Keluarga Dengan Anak Remaja Di Wilayah Suburban

: The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between parental acceptance-rejection and parenting environment in families with adolescence in the suburban area. This study involved 50 families randomly selected. Data were collected by using questionnaire and structured interview. Parental acceptance-rejection was measured by Parental Acceptance Rejection Questionnaire (PARQ) and parental environment was measured by Home Observation and Measurement of the Environment type Early Adolescent (HOME-EA). The result showed that there was a significant relationship between age of adolescence and parents' aggressive behavior. Meanwhile, longer mothers' education was significantly correlated with better parenting environment of the family. The results also revealed that there was a significant correlation between parental acceptance-rejection and parenting environment in families with adolescence in the suburban area

THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT FOR ADOLESCENT’S ADJUSTMENT CAPABILITIES OF INDONESIAN MIGRANT WORKER FAMILY

Adjustment is an ability to make satisfying relationships between individuals and the surrounding environment. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship and influence of parenting style and social support on adolescent adjustment to Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) families. This research method uses non-probability sampling method with convenience sampling technique at 10 schools in Kesugihan District, Cilacap Regency, Central Java. This study involved 160 junior high school youth whose parents were migrant workers abroad. The index of the average parenting style of the mother is better than the index of the average parenting style of the father and the substitute caregiver. The social support from peers and teachers received by adolescents is in the low category. Adolescent adjustment to migrant worker families is in the moderate category. The results showed that the parenting styles of fathers, mothers, substitute caregivers, peer social support, and teachers had a significant positive relationship with adolescent self-adjustment as well as a significant positive effect on adolescent self-adjustment in PMI families

Analysis Of Children Values, Academic Socialization, and Motivation to Continue Junior High School Education

The aim of this research was to analyze the value of children, academic socialization, and motivation to continue junior high school education of the school-aged children in rural areas. This research used cross sectional design. The location of the research was determined purposively with the criteria of farming households with a big size of paddy land. The examples of this study were 100 children from complete families whose school-age children were selected by random proportional method. The participants of this research were 100 children from intact families who had children of elementary school selected and choosen by propotional random sampling. Result showed that the value of children was in moderate category for each dimension. There was a significantly positive correlation of dimension academic socialization in discussing between learning strategies and the value of psychological. Meanhile, parent’s academic socialization was in the low category. This means that parents are still lacking in transforming the importance of education to children. The result showed a significant and positive correlation between parent’s academic socialization and child’s motivation to continue education. Parent’s academic socialization also significantly influenced child’s intrinsic motivation to continue education

Penguatan Modal Sosial untuk Perlindungan Sosial Rumah Tangga Miskin dalam Mengoptimalkan Status Gizi dan Kematangan Sosial Anak

Banyak kajian menunjukkan bahwa kemiskinan berkaitan erat dengan kualitas perkembangan anak. Kemiskinan yang terjadi dalam jangka panjang berdampak cukup signifikan terhadap penurunan kualitas perkembangan anak (Korenman, Miller, & Sjaastad, 1995), baik dalam hal kecerdasan, prestasi di sekolah, maupun fungsi sosial emosi (McLoyd, 1998). Kemiskinan telah menjadi akar masalah sehingga rumah tangga tidak mampu mengakses sumber daya secara baik. Salah satu permasalahan yang dihadapi oleh rumah tangga miskin adalah terbatasnya sumber daya untuk dapat mengoptimalkan pertumbuhan dan perkembangan anak. UNICEF menyebutkan bahwa akar masalah yang menyebabkan gizi kurang, gizi buruk, bahkan kematian pada anak pada suatu masyarakat adalah kemiskinan (Mason et al. 2001)

Pengasuhan Orang Tua Yang Seimbang Sebagai Kunci Penting Pembentukan Karakter Remaja

Keluarga dan sekolah sebagai bagian dari sistem lingkungan saling memengaruhi perkembangan remaja, termasuk perkembangan karakternya. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menganalisis pengaruh gaya pengasuhan dan lingkungan nonfisik sekolah terhadap kualitas karakter remaja. Responden penelitian adalah 79 siswa Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) swasta di Kabupaten Bogor yang terpilih melalui metode purposive sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan skor persepsi gaya pengasuhan otoritatif ayah dan ibu lebih tinggi daripada gaya pengasuhan permisif atau otoriter. Gaya pengasuhan otoritatif ayah dan ibu berhubungan nyata dengan semakin baiknya kualitas karakter remaja. Selain itu, semakin meningkatnya persepsi remaja terhadap lingkungan nonfisik sekolah juga berhubungan dengan semakin baiknya karakter remaja. Namun analisis regresi menunjukkan bahwa gaya pengasuhan ayah dan ibu yang seimbang lebih memberikan pengaruh terhadap karakter remaja dibandingkan lingkungan nonfisik sekolah

Father Involvement of Circular Migrant Worker: The Role of Paternal Self-Efficacy and Mother Social Support

Fathering plays a very important role in child development. Circular migrant worker fathers who live in different regions from their families will have many difficulties to carry out the parenting role. The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of paternal self-efficacy and mother support on father involvement in circular migrant workers. This study used a quantitative approach with an explanatory research design. The sampling technique used was snowball sampling and data collection was done online using Google Form with a total respondent of 41 circular migrant worker fathers. The data was processed using Microsoft Office Excel and analyzed using SPSS. The results showed that the father's age was significant positively correlated with paternal self-efficacy, while paternal self-efficacy, mother support, and father involvement have a significant positive relationship with each other. The education level of father has significant negative relationship with paternal self-efficacy and mother support. The result of regression test showed that education level of father has a significant negative influence on father involvement. Furthermore, paternal self-efficacy and mother support has a significant positive influence on father involvement of circular migrant worker. The findings in this study emphasize the need to take sides with the protection of parent-child relationships in families that are structurally separate, such as families of circular migrant workers

ANALISIS MODAL SOSIAL DALAM PEMBERDAYAAN EKONOMI KELUARGA MISKIN DI KELURAHAN KEDUNG JAYA, KECAMATAN TANAH SAREAL, KOTA BOGOR

The importance of social capital in poor family empowerment to increase their level of life is realized by most stakeholders. Some researchers stated that social capital has significant role in increasing family welfare. The aim of this research was to analyze the correlation between social capital and poor family empowerment through “UEK-SP KUBE Gakin” Program was conducted at Kedung Jaya village, Tanah Sareal sub district of Bogor, West Java. This research used cross sectional study as a study design. Sampling frame of this research were poor families which were intervened by “UEK-SP KUBE Gakin” Program. There were 106 poor families getting loan in 1st period and 2nd period during fiscal year 2005 were drawn for this study. This research was conducted for 5 months (Juni until November 2006). Social capital was measured by 3 variables that are trust, networks, and norms. The improvement of family welfare of the “UEK-SP KUBE Gakin” was assessed by measuring of the changing of economic family condition after participated in that program. This research used Spearman Correlation Test to measure correlation between variables. The results showed that social capital had significant correlation with the increasing of poor family economic welfare of “UEK-SP KUBE Gakin” participants. Social capital variables that had significant correlation with the improvement of family welfare of participants were trust (α = 0.01), “UEK-SP KUBE Gakin” rules (α = 0.0), and networks (α = 0.05)