The Influence of Parental Communication Intensity on Adolescents' Social Self-Confidence in Makassar City

Abstract

This research is motivated by the interpersonal communication of parents towards adolescents in influencing adolescents' social self-confidence in helping the process of growth from childhood to adulthood. This study aims to determine the effect of the intensity of parental communication on the level of adolescents' social self-confidence. This type of research is quantitative research with a population of 61,293 adolescents in Biringkanaya District, Makassar City and a sample of 100 people with an age range of 10-24 years selected using probability sampling techniques with simple random sampling methods. The data collection technique uses a questionnaire via Google Forms. The research data analysis technique uses simple linear regression analysis using SPSS. The results of this study indicate that the intensity of parental communication has a significant effect on the social self-confidence of adolescents in Biringkanaya District, Makassar City, with t count = 8.875 > t table = 1.661 and a significance of 0.001 < 0.05 and the coefficient of determination shows the magnitude of the influence of the intensity of parental communication on the social self-confidence of adolescents as much as 0.446 or 44.6% while 55.4% is influenced by various other variables