HUBUNGAN PEER ATTACHMENT DAN INTERNALIZING PROBLEMS PADA REMAJA

Peer Attachment is defined as a close relationship between a person and their peers. Adolescents who have good attachment to their peers will experience fewer internalizing problems. Internalizing Problems is a deepening of a person in dealing with the problems that exist within him excessively. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between peer attachment and internalizing problems in adolescents in East Java. This research is a non-experimental quantitative research with purposive sampling technique and the number of samples in this study were 680 people. The criteria for this study were adolescents aged 15-18 years and domiciled in East Java. The scales used are the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA) and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The results showed that there was a negative relationship between peer attachment and internalizing problems marked by the value of r = -327, p = 0.000, which means that the higher the peer attachment in adolescents, the lower the level of internalizing problems they hav