Ismail, Ismadi
(2006)
An Exploratory Study on Parental Attachment
and Juvenile Delinquency.
Other.
Universiti Sains Malaysia.
(Submitted)
Abstract
The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between
parental attachment and delinquency among juveniles with parental history of
incarceration and juveniles without parental history of incarceration. A sample of
172 juveniles were rendamly selected by prison officer from two different Youth
Rehibilitation Center. The respondents consist of 141 male juveniles at Sekolah
Henry Gurney, Teluk Emas, Melaka and 31 female juveniles from Sekolah Henry
Gurney, Batu Gajah, Perak. A set of questionnaire was used to measure
parental attachment quality and delinquency among juveniles. The parental
attachment questionnaire comprised 27 items divided into three main subscales,
i.e. trust, communication, and alienation. In addition, the questionnaire on selfreported
delinquency comprised 29 items. The results were tested by the
Pearson product moment correlation and t-test analysis using SPSS/PC +
package for statistical analysis. The result indicated no significant correlation
between parental attachment and delinquency among both male and female
juveniles. The t-test analysis indicated no significant differences in delinquency
as well as parental attachment between the juveniles with parental history of
incarceration and without parental history of incarceration. The result also
showed a significant difference between gender and delinquency.
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