Children's Attachment with their Mothers during Pandemic Covid-19

Abstract

In The current Covid-19 pandemic has changed almost all patterns of interpersonal relationships, including the close or attachment relationship between a child and his mother. Changes in the rhythm of daily life experienced by mothers greatly affect the pattern of mother-child relationships. This mother-child attachment needs to be observed because it will affect the development of children. This study aims to determine the condition of attachment that exists between children and their mothers during the covid-19 pandemic. The subjects of this study were 52 pairs of children aged 4-5 years and their mothers, who are currently in the early stages of kindergarten. Research location in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia. The research method used is a survey. Attachment data was obtained through filling out a questionnaire by the mother using the Kinship Center Attachment Questionnaire (KCAQ) which included 4 factors, namely Factor I Postive Adjustment / Development, namely the child's ability to cope with the conditions he faced; Factor II Negative Behavior, namely negative behavior that should not be done by children; factor III Emotional Reactivity, namely the emotional condition of children who do not feel alien to their parents/caregivers and factor IV Distancing From Caregiver Support, namely the emotional reaction of children to stay away from parents/caregivers. The data was processed descriptively using the SPSS program. Data analysis is done by comparing the average value of each factor in the attachment. The results showed that the average value of the factors from the highest to the lowest was factors I and III, followed by factors II and IV. The average value of factors I and III is higher when compared to the average value of factors II and IV, this condition implies that the attachments that children have are in a good category, because children already have the ability to cope with the conditions they face and feel closeness. with their parents/caregivers. The picture of attachment between mother and child as a result of this study shows that the closeness of mother and child has been well established during this COVID-19 pandemic. This condition is the main capital for parents/caregivers to continue to improve the achievement of optimal child development.