Parent-child interaction in a low cost housing in Malaysia

The aim of this study is to find whether there is a relationship between parent-child interaction and adolescent misbehavior in one of the low cost housing flats area in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Data collection was done using the questionnaire. A total of 333 sub-samples of parents and 333 sub-sample...

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Main Author: Jamaluddin, Zakiyah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information (AENSI Publisher) 2013
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/17374/1/ANAS%20377-381.pdf
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Summary:The aim of this study is to find whether there is a relationship between parent-child interaction and adolescent misbehavior in one of the low cost housing flats area in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Data collection was done using the questionnaire. A total of 333 sub-samples of parents and 333 sub-sample of adolescent had been randomly chosen as the survey study sample.Result showed that there was a significant correlation between adolescent misbehavior with parent-child interaction. Further, a significant difference in parent-child interaction has resulted with regard to parent’s ethnicity, adolescent’s ethnicity and adolescent’s sex (p<0.01).There was also significant difference on adolescent misbehavior based on parent’s ethnicity, adolescent’s ethnicity and adolescent’s sex (p<0.01).