Exploratory Study on the Moral Development of Adolescent Premarital Sex Actors: Exploratory Study on the Moral Development of Adolescent Premarital Sex Actors

Gita Fahmi Lestari (Cipta Cendikia School, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia)
Indah Sukmawati (Schoters, The CEO Building, South Jakarta, Indonesia)
Nurdewi Azizah Safitri (Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, IPB University)
Megawati Simanjuntak (Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, IPB University)
Yulina Eva Riany (Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, IPB University)

Journal of Family Science
2022: Special Edition Family and Child Development: A Qualitative Study of Indonesian Family

Premarital sexual behavior among teenagers is getting higher. The low level of moral education and failure in the division of roles, functions, and duties in the family triggers adolescents to behave freely and even violate religious and social norms. This research was conducted to look at the description of moral development and the factors that cause adolescents to have premarital sex. This study uses a qualitative method with a phenomenological research design with a purposive sampling technique. The research was conducted in Bogor Regency. Respondents in this study were teenage girls and boys and their biological mothers, totaling four people. This study indicates that all participants feel that the moral education they have received so far is not understood and even applied in everyday life. Teenagers have understood premarital sex behavior but have a different interpretation of it. This is due to several factors that cause teenagers to have premarital sex, such as lack of attention from parents, failure of family functions, lack of moral and character education, and environmental influences.