Perbedaan Tingkat Emotional Self Awareness Remaja Yang Mengikuti dan Tidak Mengikuti Program Posyandu Remaja di Kelurahan Belawan Sicanang

Abstract

This study aims to determine whether there is a difference in Emotional Self Awareness between adolescents who attend and do not attend the Youth Posyandu in Belawan Sicanang Village. The method in this study is a comparative method involving 66 adolescents who attended the Youth Posyandu Program and 43 adolescents who did not attend the Youth Posyandu. The sample was determined through accidental sampling in adolescents aged 10–18 years. The data collection technique used a Likert scale, namely the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 which consists of 20 items. This scale has been adapted and its reliability has been tested for the Indonesian context by Yusainy (2017)). The results of the analysis using Mann Whitney-U showed that the hypothesis value for the Difficulty Identifying Feelings (DIF) dimension was 0.467, Difficulty Describing Feelings (DDF) was 0.975, and Externally Oriented Thinking (EOT) was 0.767. These findings conclude that there are no significant differences in the dimensions of Difficulty Identifying Feelings, Difficulty Describing Feelings, and Externally Oriented Thinking between Participants and Non-participants of the Adolescent Posyandu Program.