The Influence of Parents’ Attachment on Young People’s Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia

Abstract

Background: Novel Coronavirus Diseases 19 (COVID-19) pandemic brings significant effects on the life of peoplse, for example various educational activities which have been conducted in the school before the outbreak are now conducted in the family. This arises some problems which then become newly-emerging sources of stress. Objective: This research aims at revealing the correlation between parent’s attachment and adolescent’s stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: This research uses quantitative methods with online surveys. The research population is adolescents in Indonesia, and the research samples consist of 10-21 years-old adolescents who live with their parents and are willing to be the respondents of this research with 392 respondents. The sampling method utilizes accidental sampling during four weeks. The data was quantitatively analyzed by involving univariate and bivariate analysis as well as linear regression. Results: The results of the research showed that the normality test used the Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test on parental attachment and stress was normally distributed so that the linearity test was valid using the Test for Linearity. The test showed that adolescent's stress level depends on parental attachment with a negative correlation. The higher parent's attachment, the lower the adolescent's stress. Conclusion: The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic could effect to increased psychiatric disorders such as post-traumatic stress, anxiety disorders, and depressive