RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-AWARENESS AND PARENTAL BEHAVIOR IN IMPLEMENTING TOILET TRAINING IN TODDLER-AGE CHILDREN

Abstract

The toddler period is a period of intensive environmental exploration because children are trying to find out everything that is happening, a problem that often arises during this period is difficulty controlling urination. Efforts that can be made to overcome this problem include toilet training. One of the factors that influences toilet training is self-awareness. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between self-awareness and parental behavior in toilet training toddlers. The method used in this study is quantitative correlation with a cross-sectional approach. The sample used was mothers who had toddlers totaling 164 people, using self-awareness instruments and toilet training behavior that had been tested for validity using the Pearson Product Moment correlation test on 30 respondents with the results of 29 questions containing 24 valid statements and on the behavioral instrument from 11 all questions were declared valid. The reliability test used Alpha Cronbach with the results of self-awareness at 0.909 and maternal behavior at 0.880 (r alpha > r table). Univariate analysis produces distribution and percentage, bivariate analysis uses the Spearman rank test with independent variables of self-awareness and dependent variables of behavior in toilet training in toddlers. The results showed that most respondents had low self-awareness (51.8%) and low behavior (54.9%). There is a relationship between self-awareness and toilet training behavior (p-value = 0.014). The self-awareness that mothers have can help control emotions and self-perception when toilet training children. It is hoped that health workers can intensively provide education to mothers who have toddlers do toilet training.