Relation of Dyadic and Small Group Communications to Adolescent Attitude Formation in Bogor City, West Java, Indonesia

Abstract

The research held in Bogor City aims at describing the dyadic communication, the small group communication, and the adolescent attitude formation, and analyzing the relation of dyadic and small group communications to adolescent attitude formation. In the research, the dyadic communication indicates the very good result by mean score 4.37. The small group communication indicates the good result by mean score 3.87. The adolescent attitude formation indicates the good result by mean score 3.47. In the correlation test, the relation of dyadic communication to adolescent attitude formation finds correlation coefficient 0.372 meaning that there is a positive but weak correlation. The relation of small group communication to adolescent attitude formation finds correlation coefficient 0.414 meaning that there is a positive but moderate correlation. The research concludes that the interpersonal communication in family, both dyadicly and by small group, generally relates to the adolescent attitude formation, both on cognitive, affective and conative domains.