Introduction: Verbal abuse are all forms of speech that have the nature insult, yell, curse, scold and scare children with the words out. Personal social development includes the ability to independently, social skills, and the ability to interact with the environment. Personal social development in preschool can be influenced by parenting, there are interactions between parents and children that allow verbal abuse by parents to children. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of verbal abuse by parents with personal social development of preschool in kindergarten Mulyorejo 1 Surabaya. Method: Design of this study was correlation study, with cross sectional approach. The population was parents who have preschool children in kindergarten Mulyorejo 1 Surabaya. The sample was 19 respondents taken by purposive sampling. The independent variable was the behavior of verbal abuse parents and dependent variable was personal social development of preschool. Data were collected using questionnaires and VSMS (Vineland Social Maturity Scale), then data analyzed by statistical tests spearman rank correlation with significance level p ≤ 0.05. Results: The results showed a correlation between verbal abuse and personal social development with coefficient correlation r = 0,671 and a significance level at 0,002. Discuss: Verbal abuse by parents have a strong relationship with the social personal development of preschool in kindergarten Muloyorejo 1 Surabaya. Further research should be done to research qualitative with deep interview method to review more details about verbal abuse by parents.
Keyword: verbal abuse, personal social, preschoo
