A Picture Of Self Determination In Parents Who Have Children With Special Needs

Abstract

This study aims to determine the description of self-determination in parents who have children with special needs. The research subjects totaled 164 parents from five sub-districts in North Aceh. This study uses a quantitative approach with a descriptive type, the data collection method in this study uses a scale by distributing questionnaires. The analysis used in this study is univariate analysis. The sampling technique used non probability sampling technique, namely incidental sampling. The results of this study obtained that the description of the level of self- determination possessed by the research subjects is classified as having a high level of self- determination as much as (45.7%), meaning that parents are able to care for their children and believe in their abilities that are useful for helping their children with special needs, parents are able to regulate their own behavior without seeing other people's assessments, being able to act independently, and being able to overcome all problems with their children with special needs. The results based on aspects of self-determination obtained the highest value lies in the relatedness aspect (41.5%), the results based on the gender of the parents, the father (male parents) are at a high level of categorization as much as (50%), the results based on the age of the parents are highest in the middle adult phase as much as (54.4%). When looking at education, diploma was the highest category (75%), while when looking at the age of children with disabilities, parents with children with disabilities in the late childhood phase were the highest (52.4%).