Contribution of the Parents' Authoritarian Parenting to the Primary School Children Stress

摘要

Authoritarian parenting is one form of parenting applied by parents in educating their children. Through authoritarian parenting, parents have full authority in determining the various actions that the child should perform. Communication is a one-way walk that is parents to children. Children are less likely to be given the opportunity to determine what action to take on a self-made decision. These conditions are considered to give negative pressure on the child. Responding to the issue, this study aimed to determine the contribution of parents authoritarian parenting to the stress of the fifth graders of elementary school in the central area of Yogyakarta. This study applied quantitative approach with correlational research type. The sample of this research were 155 fifth graders from 6 elementary schools in the central area of Yogyakarta City. The sampling technique used proportional random sampling. The form of the scale instrument was used to collect the data. The findings of this study were analyzed using Pearson product moment then displayed in the form of statistical figures supplemented with interpretation. The results show that parents' authoritarian parenting style contributed to stress raising in the fifth-grade elementary school students in downtown Yogyakarta. Parents' authoritarian parenting contributes to stress in children by 37.9%, while the other 62.1% is contributed by other factors. The parenting form of parents by demanding the children to get a high score report into the form of parents authoritarian parenting that most bring out stress conditions in primary school children.