Parental Acceptance of Special Needs Children
Abstract
Cases of violence against children with special needs continue to increase every year, as well as many children rights are abandoned. Frequently the cases came from the family, including parents. Nevertheless, there are also parents who take good care of their children. This variety of conditions makes parental acceptance a matter that needs to be researched. The purpose of this study is to determine the self-acceptance of parents who have children with special needs. The population in this study is parents who have children with special needs in the DKI Jakarta area. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling with n = 46 with children age ranging from 1 to 6 years old.. Data were taken using the Porter Parental Acceptance Scale (PPAS) consisted of 40 items with r=.865. Research method used is descriptive quantitative. Data processing uses hypothetical statistics to see the categorization of parental acceptance total score, then categorization is carried out on each dimension: unconditional love, acceptance of feeling, acceptance of uniqueness, recognition of the child’s need for autonomy. The results showed that the parental acceptance of parent with special needs children was on the moderate level. Meanwhile, from each dimension, parents are in the high to moderate category on three dimensions (acceptance of feeling, acceptance of uniqueness, recognition of the child’s need for autonomy). Whereas in unconditional love, the parent category is at a moderate to low level.
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