Effectiveness of Ayah 3A (Asih Asuh Anak) as a Supportive Media for Parenting to Improve Family Mental Health

Abstract

This study describes the effectiveness of the “Father 3A (Asih Asuh Anak)” program to support online parenting to improve family mental health. Sixty participants were involved, namely fathers of children and adolescents aged 7-18 years in densely populated areas. Information was sent as text messages via Short Message Service (SMS) or WhatsApp (WA). This study was conducted to solve the community’s need for online tools that support family mental health. The method of the “Ayah 3A” program was sending some messages about parent-child attachments, co-parenting, and daily self-care which were sent at a scheduled time. The shared material was adapted from theoretical concepts and previous studies’ findings. Besides provided online material, face-to-face meetings were also held for consultation sessions with psychologists. The effectiveness of this program was evaluated by a questionnaire of parenting skills and mental health. Meanwhile, evaluation of program implementation showed that 86% of the whole sample (n = 52) returned post-intervention questionnaires, and 66% of subjects followed this program completely. The results revealed that it was improving in knowledge and skill of parenting (p = 0.035; ES = 3.86) and mental health (p = 0.012; ES = 1.85). Besides, feedback evaluation from participants both quantitative and qualitative, regarding this program was quite effective.

Pengasuhan Positif Sebagai Upaya Ketahanan Keluarga Dalam Pencegahan Penyalahgunaan Narkoba

“…Namun demikian, pada dasarnya tidak ada pola asuh yang buruk. Pola asuh yang baik perlu di terapkan dengan usia dan perkembangan anak (Daulay, 2014;Sosialita, 2021).…”

“…Orang tua adalah lingkungan pertama yang berperan penting dalam perkembangan anak sehingga harus bijak dan terarah dalam menanamkan nilai-nilai dan norma kehidupan melalui pengasuhan yang baik, sebab pola asuh orang tua pada akhirnya dapat mempengaruhi bagaimana tipe kepribadian anak-anak di masa depan (Andari et al, 2018). Pengasuhan yang baik juga berdampak pada perkembangan anak, meningkatkan penyesuaian diri (Fahrezi & Diana, 2019), kemampuan komunikasi anak (Liu & Setiawan, 2020;Sosialita, 2021), maupun stress pengasuhan (Fitriasari et al, 2019). Pengasuhan orang tua juga berdampak kepada social skills dan motivasi beprestasi baik (Atika, 2019;Garliah & Nasution, 2005) yang diperlukan orang tua maupun anak.…”

“…Melalui pelatihan pola asuh, orang tua juga dapat meningkatkan social skills yaitu dengan menerima pendapat anak ketika melakukan komunikasi, menanyakan kesalahan anak tanpa memarahi, memberikan nasehat ketika anak berbuat salah, memberi pujian pada anak jika melakukan tindakan yang positif, Memberi hadiah ketika anak pintar di sekolah, memfasilitasi hobi yang disukai anak (Sosialita, 2021).…”