HUBUNGAN INTERAKSI SOSIAL TEMAN SEBAYA DENGAN TINGKAT KEMANDIRIAN ANAK USIA PRASEKOLAH DI TK ABA KECAMATAN TANGGUL KABUPATEN JEMBER

Abstract

Independence is one of the competencies that must be reached preschool children. Preschooler independence can be influedced by peer social interaction. The purpose of this research was determined the corelation of peer social interaction and independence level of preschoolers in Kindergarten ABA Tanggul. This research used cross sectional design. The measurement tool used observation sheet to measure peer social interaction and independence level of preschooler at school. The sampling technique was purposive sampling. The sample in this research were 86 childrens. The result show that children has good peer social interaction 46,5%. Childrens has enough peer social interaction 25,6% and less peer social interaction 27,9%. Independence level of preschoolers, it was known that 53,5% children were independent, 25,6% children were less independent and 20,9% children were not independent. Data analysis technique was chi square test with a significant level of 5%. Statistical test result show the p value = 0,001 (α= 0,05). It means that there is a significantly associated between peer social interaction with level of preschoolers independence.