Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Early Childhood Education (ICECE 2016)

'Doll Made of Unused Goods' Decreases the Children's Anxiety in Disaster Areas

Authors
Lilis Madyawati, Hamron Zubadi, Dede Yudi
Corresponding Author
Lilis Madyawati
Available Online November 2016.
DOI
10.2991/icece-16.2017.49How to use a DOI?
Keywords
doll made of unused goods, children in disaster areas
Abstract

Disaster is a cause of stress for children, especially when they face the disaster directly by themselves. Anxiety in this research is a feeling experienced by children in disaster areas due to the disaster. It usually appears in behavioral psychological disorder. 'Brangkas (doll made of unused goods)' is a therapy given to the children through playing game. Children may able to express their frustration, hostility, and anger when they play the game using doll made of unused goods'. The research aims to know the influence of this media toward the children's anxiety. The research design uses one group pre-posttest design with 30 subjects. The data collecting method uses questionnaire. The data is analyzed using Wilcoxon test. The result shows that 26 subjects (87%) have nightmares, 21 subjects (71%) show excessive attachment, 16 subjects (52%) are easily angered, and 17 subjects (55%) have aggressive behavior. After the children are treated by using this play therapy media, 27 subjects show decreased anxiety. Based on statistic test, there is influence of 'Brangkas (doll made of unused goods)' toward children's anxiety. The doll made of unused goods can decrease the children's anxiety in disaster areas.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Early Childhood Education (ICECE 2016)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
November 2016
ISBN
10.2991/icece-16.2017.49
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icece-16.2017.49How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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