The influence of environmental psychoeducation on children's empathy skill in community reading park

Yayah Khisbiyah; Nanik Prihartanti; Mohammad Thoyibi; Aris Purwanto; Yuslina Himmatul Izza

doi:10.21744/lingcure.v5nS3.1719

Authors

Yayah Khisbiyah
yayah.khisbiyah@ums.ac.id
Faculty of Psychology, Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, Indonesia
Nanik Prihartanti Faculty of Psychology, Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, Indonesia
Mohammad Thoyibi Faculty of Teacher Training and Education. Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, Indonesia
Aris Purwanto Faculty of Psychology, Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, Indonesia
Yuslina Himmatul Izza Faculty of Psychology, Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, Indonesia

Keywords:

children ability, children's empathy, community reading, environment psychoeducation, reading park

Abstract

This research aimed to compare the empathy ability of children before and after acquiring the community-based psychoeducation with pro-green activities designed for environment conservation. This research used a quantitative design with Quasi Experiment: One Group Pretest-Posttest Design as the research design. The participants were 34 children with age 8 until 12 years old. This research used purposive sampling with the criteria such as 1) The children from Dusun Jayan, Desa Senting, Boyolali Regency, and 2) Age 8 until 12 years old. The results showed that the mean score before the activity was 70,62 and after the activity was 74,32. There was an increase score 3,7 with the significance score (Sig.2-tailed) of 0.035 (p<0,05) and t-value = -2,194. Conclusion: 1). There was a positive significance between environment psychoeducation and children's empathy ability, and 2) The environment psychoeducation was effective to increase children's ability who play and learn at Taman Baca Masyarakat Panggon Sinau.

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