THE INFLUENCE OF FAMILY ON JUVENILE DELINQUENT IN PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

Nowadays, cases of juvenile delinquency are increasingly found in the community. Some of the delinquencies that often occur are smoking behavior, arguing with parents, and having poor emotional control that affects themselves and the surrounding environment. Some of these behaviors are behaviors that are considered negative or not good. Especially smoking is an activity that has been commonly practiced by many underage adolescents in Indonesia. This paper uses a descriptive case study method with primary data obtained through observation techniques of an individual who has characteristics of juvenile delinquency and takes several sources from relevant journals. The Theory used in this paper is using the Theory discovered and developed by a psychologist named Sigmund Freud in the form of psychoanalysis Theory. Based on the results of the case analysis in this paper, it shows and explains that family attitudes have a very important role in individu’s ego defense mechanisms that produce adaptive and maladaptive behavior of an individual, so that juvenile delinquency can occur.