Adolescent Empathy Concerning Parenting Style and Peer Social Support Based on Gender Differences

Abstract

Empathy is crucial for individuals to interact well with others, but it has been declining among teenagers. This decline has led to increased bullying and antisocial behavior. This study aims to look at empathy in adolescents in terms of parenting, peer social support, and gender. This study involved 176 samples using a cluster random sampling technique, which used all 11th-grade students of SMA 11 Jambi City. The research is a quantitative approach using multiple linear regression tests and using independent sample T-tests to compare empathy based on gender. The results showed that authoritarian parenting affects empathy by 0.8%, then democratic parenting affects empathy by 5.8%, permissive parenting affects empathy by 4.7%, ending peer social support affects empathy by 27.9%, and overall parenting and peer social support affect empathy by 71.9%. A comparison of empathy by gender found that women are higher than men, with a mean difference of 1.43 and a significance of 0.005, which indicates a significant difference. The novelty of this study is that this study looks at how gender differences also affect adolescent empathy so that it can optimise parents in parenting and how a good peer environment for adolescents in an effort to foster empathy within themselves.