EFEKTIVITAS BRAIN GYM DALAM MENURUNKAN STRES PADA ANAK

Abstract

Children can experience stress due to daily activities, both at home and at school. Helping children who are facing stress required appropriate controlling-strategies by adults or parents. Controlling strategy must be based on the child's developmental level. There are many ways to reduce stress in children, one of them is by teaching children on relaxation techniques. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of Brain Gym in reducing stress in children. The design of experiments used is pre-test and post-test control group design. The Mann-Whitney analysis shows that there are significant effects of Brain Gym training in reducing stress in children. It means that Brain Gym training for children is very effective in reducing children’s stress.