Abstract:
To determine the relationship between the perception of parenting style toward
adolescents’ aggressive behavior. Method: This was a quantitative study with a cross-sectional
design. The population was the students of 10 and 11 grade of State Senior High School 10
Pekanbaru. About 168 of them were selected using Cluster Sampling, and questionnaire as the
instrument, while the data analysis used a Chi square test. Result: The results showed that 20
respondents perceived authoritarian parenting style with very high aggressive behavior of 13
persons (65.0%), the permissive was perceived by 31 respondents with high aggressive behavior
of 21 persons (67.7%), and 100 respondents perceived the democratic with medium aggressive
behavior of 45 persons (45%). The result indicated the P-value <0.001, meaning that there was a
significant correlation. Conclusion: The school’s stakeholders are expected to monitor the
development of students' behavior, and the parents need to be consistent in order to overcome the
adolescents' problems.
