The Relationship Between Peer Attachment and Psychological Well - Being Of University Students

Tyara Septiana Putri (Program studi Psikologi, Fakultas Psikologi dan Ilmu Sosial Budaya Universitas Islam Indonesia Yogyakarta)
Resnia Novitasari (Program studi Psikologi, Fakultas Psikologi dan Ilmu Sosial Budaya Universitas Islam Indonesia Yogyakarta)

Psikologika : Jurnal Pemikiran dan Penelitian Psikologi
Vol. 22 No. 2 (2017)

This quantitative study was aimed to determine the relationship between peer attachment and psychological well-being of university students. The subjects of this study were 69 university students from 20 to 29 years old. The measurements were Scale of Psychological Well-being (SPW; α = 0,805) based on six aspects of psychological well-being from Ryff & Keyes (1989) and Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA) subscale Peer Attachment (α = 0,903), scale was adapted based on three aspects from Armsden and Greenberg (1987). The results of this study showed a positive relationship between peer attachment and psychological well-being ofuniversity students, r = 0,382 and p = 0.001 (p<0.01). These findings suggest that psychological well-being was affected by peer attachment.  Key words: psychological well-being, peer attachment, university students