Jamaluddin, Zakiyah (2013) Parent-child interaction in a low cost housing in Malaysia. Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences, 7 (4(S)). pp. 377-381. ISSN 1995-0772

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Abstract

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).

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Parent-child interaction; adolescent; misbehaviour; low cost housing
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Divisions:	College of Arts and Sciences
Depositing User:	Dr. Zakiyah Jamaluddin
Date Deposited:	29 Feb 2016 09:08
Last Modified:	29 Feb 2016 09:08
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/17374

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