The Attachment of Adolescent with Working Mother

Abstract

Abstract. Adolescence is often called the preparation period for becoming adult where
individually they act and behave and grow into adulthood. The successful development
process of adolescent to adulthood depends on care and guidance from people in their
family or parents especially mother. The research focus was aimed to analyse the
attachment of adolescent with working mother. The purpose of the research was to
analyse characteristic, attachment of adolescent with working mother, the relationship
and meeting intensity between adolescent and working mother. This research used
qualitative approach. Data resource consisted four working mothers and four
adolescents who have working mother. Data collection technique used in-depth
interview, passive participation observation and documentation study. The analysis
stage covering data reduction, data presentation and conclusion. The result showed that
the attachment of adolescent with working mother have differences between one family
and another. Factors that may affect attachment intensity differences between
adolescent with working mother covering; history of child care using caregiver or
housemaid; awareness and understanding of adolescent and working mother respective
activities; and alternative effort which is conducted by adolescent and working mother
to overcome that obstruct communication.
Keywords : Attachment, Adolescent, Working Mother.