Kesiapan Menghadapi Menarche pada Remaja Putri Prapubertas Ditinjau dari Kelekatan Aman Anak dan Ibu

Nurul Hidayah (UIN Sunan Kalijaga)
Sara Palila (UIN Sunan Kalijaga)

PSYMPATHIC
Vol 5, No 1 (2018): PSYMPATHIC

This study aims to determine the relationship between mother’s secure attachment to the readiness of prepubertal girl to face first menstruation (menarche). The participants were 74 elementary students at V and VI grade in Budi Mulia Elementary School, Seturan. This study used quantitative research method. Measuring instruments were menarche preparedness scale and secure attachment scale. Hypothesis testing was conducted using a statistical technique test of Pearson Product Moment Correlation with SPSS software. The results showed a correlation coefficient (rxy) = .305 with significance level of p=.008 (p<.01), so the hypothesis was accepted. This result indicates that there is a significant positive correlation between mother’s secure attachment to the pre-pubertal girls’ readiness to face first menstruation (menarche).