ABSTRACT
People in rural areas work as migrant workers to overcome poverty. They work abroad and leave their families behind. This condition gives disadvantaged consequences to the adolescents left in the rural areas, especially in their academic life. Several studies have found that there is a positive relationship between parental support and achievement motivation. This study aimed to compare the parental support and achievement motivation between adolescents whose parents work as migrant workers and adolescents whose parents work as non-migrant workers in rural areas. The samples of study were 171 adolescents whose parents work as migrant workers and 257 adolescents whose parents work as non-migrant workers from rural areas in Karawang. Children and Adolescents Social Support Scale (CASS) and Achievement Motivation Inventory (AMI) were used to measure parental support and achievement motivation. The results showed that there are significant differences in parental support and achievement motivation between adolescents whose parents work as migrant workers and adolescents whose parents work as non-migrant workers. It was found that adolescents from the non-migrant worker parents group have higher parental support and achievement motivation.
