Juvenile Delinquency Based On Dimensions Of Mother's Parenting At Junior High School In Indonesia

Juvenile Delinquency is a level of behavior that exceed that exceeeds the tolerance of others and the environment. One of the causes of juvenile Delinquency is Wrong parenting may results in negative character in teenager that may cause them to rebel and resist any kind of regulation that limits their freedom. This research aimed to identify the relationship Dimensions of mother’s parenting and juvenile delinquency in junior high School 2 jatitujuh regency, regency Majalengka. This research is a quantitative, cross sectional research which was conducted to 55 teenagers in SMPN 2 Jatitujuh on juny 2018. This research used style of parenting questionnaire and juvenile delinquency questionnaire which were taken from mini thesis of nursing students in UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. Results showed that juvenile delinquency in SMPN 2 Jatitujuh is high (50,9%) with the majority of Dimensions of mother’s is enough with 56,4% (30 respondents). Results from statistical test using chi-square with alpha 0.05 showed that there is a relationship between parenting style mother and juvenile delinquency (p value= 0.001). These results showed that mother nvolvement in parenting, especially for teenager, is influential to the shaping of the teenager character and self-identity, especially in teenage male. But, the collaboration between father and mother is also important in parenting. There needs to be a more in-depth approach from school to the teenage with history of delinquent act through consultation with school counselor, religious approach, and socialization program.