Penerapan In Vivo Desensitization terhadap Anak dengan Specific Phobia (Phobia terhadap Feses) (The Application of in Vivo Desensitization Therapy to A Child with Specific Phobia-Phobia to Feces)

Abstract

Specific phobia is extremely and illogical persistent fear and worried to an object or situation certain, which causing strong motivation to avoid or run away from that object or situation. Subject in this research is a six years old boy with phobia to feces. This research use in vivo desensitization therapy. ln this therapy, there is ten hierarkis of anxiety that made together with respondent it started from see picture of feces till see feses from one step. Research result that in vivo desensitization therapy succeeds to reduce phobia at subject with phobia to feces. Characteristic of anxiety behavior like cry, beat, embraced and hold mother hand when defecate has losed.