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Intervention for Self-Concept Development in Foster Children of Sanggar Y

Volume: 46  ,  Issue: 1 , February    Published Date: 14 February 2020
Publisher Name: IJRP
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Authors

# Author Name
1 Erlinda Astriana
2 Nilam Widyarini

Abstract

Sanggar Y is a foundation formed as a place for children to develop their potential. The management of sanggar Y strives to provide education free of charge, the importance of education for the future of children encourages the sanggar Y organizer to save the country's children from poverty of science and ignorance. Negative self-concept problems experienced by foster children because they do not have the confidence to go back to school, feel shunned because they come from low-income families, work as street musicians. To overcome the problem of self-concept, researchers conducted an intervention namely psychoeducation. The development of self-concept is based on aspects of self-concept. Psychoeducation was held in 4 sessions in a span of 2 weeks. The purpose of this study is to examine the psychoeducation results of self-concept development. The subjects in this study were 15 foster children. The results of this study indicate the development of positive self-concepts. Foster children Sanggar Y began to believe in their ability to go back to school and no longer look negatively at themselves.

Keywords

  • self-concept
  • street musicians
  • foster children
  • psychoeducation
  • sanggar Y