Pengaruh pemberian asi eksklusif dan non eksklusif terhadap mental emosional anak usia 3-4 tahun
Abstract: Breastmilk is the
best food contains all the elements of required nutrients for infant aged 0-6
months, and the attachment of the breastfeeding process give better of growth
and mental emotional development of the infant. Less attachment between mother
and infant caused mental emotional disorders, that affect to the next period of
child’s development..
Objective : The objective of this research was to analyze the differences
of influence of exclusive breastfeeding and non exclusive brestfeeding history
on child’s emotional mental age of 3-4 years as well as analyze the most
dominant variables.
Method: This was an observational analitic research with cross sectional
approach. The subjects consisted of 84 children aged 3-4 years, living
Banyumanik subdistrict Semarang, taken by purposive sampling and grouped into
exclusive and non-exclusive breastfeeding. The data was collected by
questionnaire, and the analysis using chi square and logistic regression.
Result: The study showed that most of children with exclusively breastfed
had good mental emotional (76.2%), while children who did not get exclusively
breastfed had a mental emotional problem (64.3%). There were relations between
breastfeeding (p=0,001), mother’s knowledge (p=0,001), mother’s attitude
(p=0,001), and mother’s education level (p=0,029) to children’s mental
emotional. Education level of mother was the most influence variable for child’s
emotional mental after addjusted with mother’s knowledge, mother’s
attitude, mother’s education level, and
birth weight of children.
Conclusion: Breastfeeding history, mother’s knowledge, mother’s attitude,
and mother’s education level were factors that influencing to children’s mental
emotional
Keywords: asi; anak; mental
emosional
Penulis: Any Setyarini, Maria
Mexitalia, Ani Margawati
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd150745
