THE RELATION BETWEEN PARENTING STYLES AND ADOLESCENT SELF-CONFIDENT IN NGINDEN JANGKUNGAN SURABAYA

Abstract

Parenting styles have an important role in supporting the formation of self-confidence in
adolescents. Parenting styles consist of authoritarian parenting, democratic parenting and
permissive parenting. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship
between parenting styles and adolescent self-confidence in Nginden Jangkungan
Surabaya. This type of research uses a correlation analytic method with a cross sectional
design, and a total sampling technique with a total sample of 34 adolescents. The data
obtained were then analyzed using the Spearman Rank correlation test. Data collection
uses a parenting questionnaire compiled by Najibah (2017) and a self-confidence
questionnaire compiled by Mubarok (2015). The results of this study indicate that
adolescents with good self-confidence almost entirely come from adolescents with
democratic parenting (95.2%), and adolescents with sufficient self-confidence mostly
come from adolescents with permissive parenting (62.5%), while adolescents with with
low self-confidence almost entirely come from adolescents with authoritarian parenting
(80%). The conclusion of this study is that most of the teenagers in Nginden Jangkungan
get democratic parenting from their parents, most of the teenagers in Nginden
Jangkungan have good self-confidence and there is a relationship between parenting
style and self-confidence of teenagers in Nginden Jangkungan. It is hoped that parents
will be able to determine the right parenting pattern to increase adolescent selfconfidence.