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AbstractThis study investigated whether the pattern of behavior associated with popularity in the USA is also found in Indonesia. Participants were 452 7th (13 years) and 10th grade (16 years) Muslim students from West Java, Indonesia. Data were obtained from adolescents, peers, and teachers. Social preference and popularity were positively associated with prosocial behavior and number of mutual friends. Whereas social preference was positively associated with academic achievement and negatively associated with aggression, popularity was positively associated with aggression and tobacco use. These patterns of association are similar to those found in the United States. Indonesian society is highly hierarchical and popularity structures may build upon these stratifications.

Work-life balance is important for individual psychological well-being, including for Indonesian soldiers in the UN Peacekeeping mission. Balancing these two factors will positively affect psychological well-being. Fisher, Bulger, & Smith once stated that when work interface with life it can affect work-life balance. Critical to individual psychological well-being as it is, scale developed to assess this construct in the Indonesian military population has never been reported. This study was aimed at examining the validity and reliability of a work-life balance scale specifically developed for use in Indonesian military population in the operation field. This study seeks to confirm the underlying dimensions of work-life balance by testing the hypnotized model employing Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The participants consist of 100 Indonesian soldiers. The results show that the work-life balance scale (25 items) has a high reliability (α = 0.889). Further analysis resulted that the model was fit to the data (X2 = 248.37; p = 0.092; RMSEA = 0.035; CFI = 0.98; and SRMR = 0.068). It was concluded that the 4 dimensions were the four major valid dimensions, and this study indicate that testing the model using multigroup samples of different demography as well as rank and cultural background is warranted.

This study assessed the similarity of adolescents and their friends and peer network associates in religiosity and the extent to which these relationships were associated with antisocial behavior. The sample included 1010 Indonesian (480 male, 530 female) 8th (13.37 years) and 10th grade (15.36 years) students. Adolescents were similar to their mutual friends and network associates (identified using Social Cognitive Mapping) in religiosity, and the religiosity of both friends and network associates added to male adolescents' self‐religiosity in predicting antisocial behavior; these effects were not present for girls. Peers may associate with others similar to themselves in religiosity and these associations may partially explain why religious boys exhibit low levels of aggressive behavior.

The religious similarity of adolescents and their friends can arise from selection or influence. Prior studies were limited because of confounds that arose from the ethnic and religious heterogeneity of the samples and the use of cross‐sectional designs. SIENA was used in this two‐year longitudinal study of 825 Indonesian Muslim high school students (445 girls; mean age = 16.5 years) to assess peer selection and influence as these pertained to religiosity and religious coping. The analyses yielded significant influence but not selection effects for both religiosity and religious coping. This study is an important methodological advance over prior research and although limited by correlational data, nevertheless, provides evidence that adolescents influence their peers' religiousness.

Moderation and mediation models of religiosity and effortful control as predictors of tobacco and alcohol use were tested in this 2‐year longitudinal study of 563 16‐year‐old Muslim Indonesian adolescents. Adolescents reported their effortful control, religiosity, and tobacco and alcohol use and peers provided reports of adolescents' effortful control. Although both moderation and mediation effects emerged when predicting Year 2 substance use, predictions of change from Year 1 to Year 2 substance use yielded effects of moderation for peer‐ but not self‐reported effortful control for boys; no mediation effects emerged. These findings provide evidence of interconnections between effortful control and religiosity as predictors of substance use and suggest the need for further longitudinal studies that compare moderation and mediation models.

AbstractIn a country with collective cultural values like Indonesia, marriage is considered desirable. Despite the perceived importance of marriage, the divorce rate increases due to couple's experiencing stress from both outside and inside the relationship. This creates the urgency of a valid dyadic coping (DC) measurement for research and intervention. Current study aims to evaluate factor structure and validity of the Dyadic Coping Inventory (DCI)–Bahasa Indonesia in measuring the DC of married individuals living in Indonesia, and to evaluate measurement invariance between genders. Confirmatory factor analyses on 303 Indonesians supported the 5‐factor structure regarding self and partner, and 2‐factor structure common DC. Measurement invariance analyses found weak factorial gender invariance for self and perceived partner subscales, whilst strict gender invariance was found for common DC subscales of the DCI–Bahasa Indonesia test scores. Correlations between the DC–Bahasa Indonesia marital satisfaction and external stress demonstrated evidence of convergent and discriminant validity. Moreover, using 118 dyads subset data and multitrait‐multimethod approach, this study found good construct validity for several DC factors. Limitations and future directions are presented.