The Effect of Peer Atachment and Tolerance on Social Competence in Adolescents

This study aims to examine the effect of peer attachment and tolerance simultaneously andseparately on social competence among adolescents. this research employed a quantitative ex-post factodesign, which was conducted in the city of yogyakarta involving 364 adolescents as sample, consisting of190 females and 174 males. data were collected through adaptation of ssrs-r for social competencescale with 35 items, of ippa-r for peer attachment scale with 25 items and modified tdc for tolerancescale with 13 items. the instrument was validated through content validity and reliability based oncronbach’s alpha coefficient for social competence with the value of 0.804, cronbach’s alpha for peerattachment scale with the value of 0.704 and cronbach’s alpha for tolerance scale with the value of0.690. data were then analyzed through multiple regression analysis with the result of significance 0.000(p <0.05). the results show that: (1) there is an effect of peer attachment and tolerance simultaneously onthe adolescents’ social competence ; (2) there is an effect of peer attachment on the adolescents’ socialcompetence; and (3) there is an effect of tolerance on the adolescents’ social competence. therefore, itcan be concluded that peer attachment and tolerance affect the adolescents’ social competence. peerattachment and tolerance can be strong predictors of social competence among adolescents.