PERBEDAAN KEMANDIRIAN EMOSIONAL PADA REMAJA DENGAN IBU BEKERJA DAN TIDAK BEKERJA DI SMAN 1 PURWOKERTO

Background : Availability time of mother at home for caring children is one of the factors that influence the formation to adolescent emotional autonomy, because the mother is a social agent for family development in charge of caring and guiding their children and manage household affairs. Reduced time of mother at home that caused by business will affect the quality of interaction and communication between mother and child certainly and also will affect the child's development, especially in the development of autonomy.

Objective : This research aimed to know the difference of emotional autonomy of adolescence with working mother and not working mother in SMAN 1 Purwokerto.

Methods : This research was comparative research with cross sectional approach, and data analysis method with chi square. Sampling method used purposive sampling. Sample of this research were 184 respondents from populations were 1094 students of SMAN 1 Purwokerto consist of 92 adolescence with working mother and 92 adolescence with not working mother.

Result : Adolescence with working mother had high emotional autonomy (48.9%) and a low (51.1%). Adolescence with not working mother had high emotional autonomy (52.2%) and a low (47.8%). There was a difference of emotional autonomy between men and girl adolescence (x2=5,393 ; p=0,020). There was no difference of emotional autonomy of men adolescence with working mother dan not working mother (x2=1,975 ; p=0,160) and no difference of emotional autonomy of girl adolescence with working mother and not working mother (x2=0,030 ; p=0,863).

Conclusion : There was no difference of emotional autonomy of adolescence with working mother and not working mother in SMAN 1 Purwokerto.

Keyword : emotional autonomy of adolescence, working mother and not working mother