Promoting Assertive Behavior Understanding in Early Childhood Through Gender-Based Role-Playing

Abstrak

It is important for children to recognize and understand their emotional intelligence in order to become individuals who are courageous and confident in expressing their opinions, as well as capable of demonstrating appropriate assertive behavior. Children are expected to understand how to express their views properly without violating the rights of others. Therefore, children’s ability to express opinions can be developed toward assertive behavior through a gender-based role-playing method. This study aims to examine whether there is an effect of the gender-based role-playing method on the understanding of assertive behavior in children aged 5–6 years. The research employs a quantitative quasi-experimental design, specifically a non-equivalent control group design, involving 12 children from Group B at TK I Care Surabaya as subjects. The total population consists of 24 children, with 12 children in the control group and 12 children in the experimental group. The results indicate that the gender-based role-playing method has a significant effect on the understanding of assertive behavior in children aged 5–6 years, as evidenced by the significance value of Asymp. Sig (2-tailed) = 0.000 < 0.05 and a mean rank difference of 12.0 between the experimental and control groups. Therefore, it can be concluded that Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected. This means that there is a difference in the increase between post-test and pre-test scores in the experimental group, indicating that the gender-based role-playing method has an effect on children’s understanding of assertive behavior.

Kata kunci

• Role playing
• assertive
• gender-based