Pengaruh Gaya Pengasuhan Ibu terhadap Tingkat Kreativitas Siswa Sekolah Dasar Progresif dan Konvensional di Kota Depok

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis pengaruh gaya pengasuha terhadap tingkat kreativitas siswa sekolah dasar progresif dan konvensional di Kota Depok. Penelitian dilakukan di lima sekolah yang mewakili sekolah dasar progresif dan konvensional. Total contoh adalah 150 yang dipilih secara acak pada siswa kelas 4 dan 5. Penelitian dilakukan pada bulan Mei sampai Juni 2012. Tingkat kreativitas siswa diukur dengan menggunakan Tes Kreativitas Figural (TKF) dan Tes Kreativitas Verbal (TKV). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya hubungan yang positif dan signifikan antara gaya pengasuhan authoritative dan kreativitas figural (0,172*) pada pd”0,05; tipe sekolah dan kreativitas (figural dan verbal) (0,386** and 0,309**), artinya siswa dari sekolah progresif menunjukkan tingkat kreativitas yang lebih baik daripada siswa dari sekolah konvensional pada pd”0,01. Kreativitas figural dipengaruhi oleh usia anak, jumlah anak dalam keluarga, dan tipe sekolah (R2 adjusted = 0,205). kreativitas verbal dipengaruhi oleh tingkat pendidikan ibu, gaya pengasuhan authoritative, stimulasi aktivitas (ekstrakurikuler/les), dan tipe sekolah (R2 adjusted = 0,126)

Measurement of Family Strength

Based on the family theory of structural functionalism, family is the first and the main porosity of human resource development. Family is the basic unit of society. The objectives of this study were to develop a measurement of family strength with high reliability and validity and to formulate policy implications to increase the family strength. 233 families from Leuwiliang district (19 villages) and Cibungbulang district (15 villages) were analyzed. Family strength data consisted of informations on physical resources, non-physical resources, family problems, copping mechanism, physical well-being, social welll-being, and psychological well-being. Applying Alpha Cronbach analysis, the family strength measurement had internal consistency coeficient of reliability 0.7 and applying factor analysis and Lisrel (Linear Structural Relationship) shared that there were there major latent variables of family strength, viz physical, social, and psychological. Strengthening the family should be an entegrated part of social economic, and family funcitioning development

The Influence of Family Strength on the Quality of Pregnancy

The Objectives of this study were to anaylize the influence of family strength on pregnancy quality. The data were analyzed from the study of "Effect of multinutrient fortified food suplement on pregnancy outcomes", which had been done previously by the Departement of Community Nutrition and Family Resources of IPB. Some additional information on family strength was also collected retrospectively. Of the 615 pregnant mothers in Luwiliang district (19 villages) and Cibungbulang district (15 villages), 233 mothers met the sample criterias were selected Pregnancy quality was measured by pregnancy weight gain. Family strength data (q=0.7) consisted of informations on physical resources, non-physical resources. Family problems, capping mechanism, physical well-being, social well-being, and psychologycal well-being. Applying a multiple linear regression model, body weight at the beginning of pregnancy and family strength has a significant effect on pregnancy weight gain. The items of Family strength are health factor, family goal, free from anger, and social support. The above results implied that, increasing family strength should he the important factor in pregnancy quality

An Agent-based Model for Studying Child Maltreatment and Child Maltreatment Prevention

Abstract. This paper presents an agent-based model that simulates the dynamics of child maltreatment and child maltreatment prevention. The developed model follows the principles of complex systems science and explicitly models a community and its families with multi-level factors and interconnections across the social ecology. This makes it possible to experiment how different factors and prevention strategies can affect the rate of child maltreatment. We present the background of this work and give an overview of the agent-based model and show some simulation results. Keywords: Agent-based modeling, Complexity science, Child maltreatment, Child maltreatment prevention

The Parenting and Family Adjustment Scales (PAFAS): an Indonesian Validation Study

Understanding parenting risk and protective factors can help clinicians and researchers to develop effective family interventions. To have knowledge of these risk and protective factors, validated assessment tools are required. Validation studies for parenting measures with Indonesian parents are lacking, despite the need for access to parenting interventions among Indonesian families. This study aimed to validate the Parenting and Family Adjustment Scales (PAFAS), a brief parenting and family adjustment measure developed in Australia that has been validated with Panamanian and Chinese parents. A sample of 210 Indonesian parents with children aged 2-12 years old completed the Indonesian version of the PAFAS and Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale (CAPES). Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) were used for analyses. CFA resulted a four-factor PAFAS Parenting scale (15 items) and three-factor PAFAS Family adjustment scale (8 items). SEM analyses with PAFAS and CAPES revealed a good fit of the model of relationships between parent, family and child constructs to the data. The internal consistencies of PAFAS were good or acceptable, with the exception of Parental consistency. Overall, PAFAS had satisfactory psychometric properties. It is a promising measure that can potentially be used to study parenting risk and protective factors among Indonesian families. Item improvement and further validation with more diverse samples are suggested