DOES PARENTING STYLE AFFECT ADOLESCENT EMPATHY? A STUDY ON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

This study aims to determine whether there is a relationship between types of parenting patterns and empathetic attitudes of SMA Negeri 2 Solok City students. This study uses a correlational quantitative method. Data was collected using a parenting scale totaling 31 items and an empathy scale totaling 17 items. The population in this study was 317 students of SMA Negeri 2 Solok City, and the sample amounted to 176 students. The sample was determined by a Simple random sampling technique. Then the data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment correlation analysis. The results of this study indicate that the level of empathy is in the moderate category. The types of parenting patterns in SMA Negeri 2 Solok City students are divided into 3, namely authoritarian parenting, democratic parenting, and permissive parenting. Of the three types of parenting, the most influential and dominant parenting pattern used by parents of SMA Negeri 2 Solok City students is democratic parenting. The correlation test results between the types of parenting patterns and empathy show that authoritarian parenting and empathy do not have a significant relationship with the person correlation coefficient value of - 0.091; democratic parenting and empathy have a positive and significant relationship with the value of the person correlation coefficient. significant with a person correlation coefficient of 0.640, and permissive parenting and empathy have a negative relationship with a person correlation coefficient of -0.21. a person correlation coefficient of -0.218.