The Impact of Therapeutic Group Therapy on Parents' Capacity to Encourage Preschoolers' Social and Emotional Growth

Abstract

Parental knowledge and ability in providing stimulation for preschool children is very important to have, because preschool age is a critical period for children who need growth and development stimulation. Therapeutic group therapy is a promotive action to improve children's development to be optimal. This study uses a pre-experimental design research type with a one-group pretest-posttest design approach. The sampling technique uses a purposive sample technique, namely by determining certain criteria. Data were collected using a questionnaire sheet, bivariate analysis using the Paired Sample T-Test with the help of SPSS. Based on the statistical test, it is known that the sig. (2-tailed) value is 0.000 <0.05, so it can be concluded that there is a significant difference between the ability of parents to stimulate child development before and after therapeutic group therapy. So that therapeutic group therapy can be applied in improving the ability of parents to stimulate the development of preschool children properly and can be maximized.