Elevate : The International Journal of Nursing Education, Practice and Research
Vol 1 No 1 (2018): Elevate, The International Journal of Nursing Education, Practice and Research

Effect of Token Economy Therapy for Reducing Attachment Behavior Among Pre-School Children in Kindergarten

Ramaita . (aculty of Nursing, Andalas University Padang)
Purba, J.M (University of Sumatera Utara, Medan)
Putri, D.E. (Andalas University, Padang)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jul 2018

Abstract

Background: Attachment behaviors are behaviors experienced by children when they would leave their homes and families to join his friends at school he regarded as strangers. This behavior can interfere with the functioning life of the child so that the child can not be independent, and parents should be involved more in the activities of children. Purpose: To determine the effect of economic token therapy for reducing the attachment behavior among Kindergarten Students. Method: The design of this study was quasi experimental with pre and post with control group. By using multistage random sampling and consecutive sampling technique with a total sample of 68 people who experienced attachment behavior. Consisted of 34 peoples as intervention group and 34 peoples as control group. Bivariate analysis using Wilcoxon test and mann-whitney test. Results: The results showed that there were significant differences of attachment behavior before and after entering the token economy intervention in the intervention group compared with those in the control group (p = 0.000). Conclusion: Token economy therapy has positive effect to reduce attachment behavior of kindergarten student at the beginning of learning process in the kindergarten school. The application of economic token is recommended to overcome the attachment behavior of existing preschool children in schools and in the general public health services.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

elevate

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

Description

Elevate aims to supply scientists of health with resources in order to provide the scientific knowledge through the publication of peer-reviewed, high quality, scientific papers and other material on all topics related to nursing and health sciences such as pharmacology, pharmacy, public health, ...