BETWEEN PARENTS AND PEERS: EXAMINING MODERATING ROLE OF PEER PRESSURE ON FAMILY FUNCTIONING TO SEXUAL BEHAVIOR ON LATE ADOLESCENCE

Abstract

The study investigated The Effect of Peer Pressure as moderating variable on Family Functioning to Adolescent Sexual Premarital Behavior. Four research questions and four hypotheses guided the study. A sample of 374 people with the age range 15 to 19 had been choosen by incidental sampling technique. The results were estimated with three regression model, namely Linear Single, Multiple, and Moderated Regression. The finding revealed positive significant influence of peer pressure and family functioning on adolescent’s premarital sexual premarital behavior and no interference from peer pressure when being treated as moderating variable.