ABSTRAK
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat pengaruh dukungan sosial terhadap polapengasuhan orang tua middle childhood dari keluarga miskin. Sebanyak 78orang menjadi partisipan dalam penelitian ini dengan mengisi kuesioner untukmengukur variabel dukungan sosial dan pola pengasuhan. Variabel dukungansosial diukur menggunakan alat ukur Multidimensional Scale of PerceivedSocial Support oleh Zimet, dkk., (1988), sedangkan variabel pola pengasuhandiukur menggunakan alat ukur Parenting Style Development QuestionnaireShort Version oleh Robinson, dkk., (1995). Pada penelitian ini, sebanyak 74partisipan menerapkan pola pengasuhan authoritative, dua menerapkan polapengasuhan authoritarian, dan dua sisanya menerapkan pola pengasuhanpermissive. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dukungan sosial tidakmempunyai pengaruh signifikan terhadap pola pengasuhan authoritative danpermissive, Sebaliknya, dukungan sosial mempengaruhi pola pengasuhanauthoritarian secara signifikan.

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ABSTRAK
This study aims to determine the effect of social support on parenting style ofmiddle childhood parents from poor families. A total of 78 parents wereinvolved in the study by completing questionnaires to measure social supportand parenting style. Social support was measured by using MultidimensionalScale of Perceived Social Support from Zimet, et al. (1988), whereas parentingstyles were measured by using Parenting Style Development QuestionnaireShort Version from Robinson, et al. (1995). In this study, 74 participants werefound to apply authoritative parenting style, two apply authoritarian parentingstyle, and two others apply permissive parenting style. The result of this studyindicates that social support has no significant effect on both authoritative andpermissive parenting style. In contrast, social support effects authoritarianparenting style significantly.