Research Paper
Year: 2020 | Month: December | Volume: 7 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 184-193
Comparison of Verbal Abuse and Exposure of Gadgets to Cognitive Development of School - Age Children (6-8 Years) in Pagurawan Village in 2020
Srimis Leini Saragih
Nursing Study Program, Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Rumah Sakit Haji Medan, Indonesia
ABSTRACT
Child development is an event that occurs during the growth and development process of children that can occur physically, intellectually, or emotionally. Children's cognitive development does not necessarily grow up so this means that each child has different characteristics. The slowness of cognitive development experienced by children occurs by several factors including verbal abuse and exposure to gadgets that cause inaction of cognitive development of school-age children 6-8 years. This study aims to analyze the comparison of verbal abuse and exposure of gadgets to the cognitive development of school-age children 6-8 years old in Pagurawan Subdistrict, Medang Deras. Independent variables are verbal abuse, exposure to gadgets and dependent variables are the cognitive development of the child. The data retrieval measuring instrument uses a questionnaire. The results of the study were analyzed with the Mann-Whitney test. Test results of verbal abuse statistics (mean rank = 11.71) and exposure of gadgets (mean rank 28.16) to children's cognitive development. This indicates that there are significant differences in the cognitive development of the child. From the results of this study, it is expected that Pagurawan village to socialize the impact of gadget exposure and verbal abuse on the cognitive development of elementary age children.
Keywords: Children's Cognitive Development, Gadget Exposure, Verbal Abuse.
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