PENGARUH TERAPI TAWA PERMAINAN KEARIFAN BUDAYA LOKAL TERHADAP INTERAKSI SOSIAL PADA LANJUT USIA DI HUNTARA GONDANG I, SLEMAN, YOGYAKARTA
| Main Authors: | , VENNI WINTA PRATIWI, , Dr. Dra. Sumarni DW, M.Kes |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
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[Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada
, 2013
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| Online Access: |
https://repository.ugm.ac.id/122042/ http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=62141 |
Daftar Isi:
- Background : The aging process can lead to the emergence of functional disorders that can induce to decrease of social interaction for elderly. One of effective therapy to improving it is laughter therapy. Games with cultural local wisdom are an innovation of laughter therapy which are expected to increase the social interaction of the elderly. Objective : This study was determined the effect of laughter therapy with games of cultural local wisdom towards social interaction of elderly at Shelter Gondang I, Yogyakarta Method: This research used quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test control-group design. The research was conducted at Shelter Gondang I, Yogyakarta in June-July 2012. The sample size in this study was 108 respondents. Instruments used Social Interaction Questionnaire, which was adopted from Tantri, 2010. The analizing data used Chi-square and Mc Nemar test. Result: The level of social interaction in the treatment groups after laughter therapy with games of cultural local wisdom showed increase significantly with p = 0,000. There are differences between the two groups the level of social interaction with p = 0,000. Conclusion: Laughter therapy with games of cultural local wisdom can increased the level of social interaction of the elderly in shelters Gondang 1.