Maternal responsiveness merupakan salah satu domain dari interaksi orangtuaanak. Maternal responsiveness menjelaskan mengenai respon ibu terhadap tanda, emosi, kata, ketertarikan, dan tingkah laku yang dimunculkan oleh anak (Roggman & Innocenti, 2008). Penelitian ini ingin melihat perbedaan maternal responsiveness pada anak usia prasekolah ketika bermain menggunakan media permainan non-elektronik dan media elektronik. Penelitian dilakukan pada 61 pasang ibu-anak. Maternal Responsivenss yang terdapat dalam interaksi bermain diukur menggunakan alat ukur PICCOLO (The Parents Interacting with Children: Checklist of Observation Linked to Outcomes) pada domain responsiveness. Peneliti juga menggunakan kuesioner untuk mengetahui gambaran umum dari kegiatan bermain anak. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan adanya perbedaan mean yang signifikan pada maternal responsivenes. Maternal responsiveness ketika bermain menggunakan media elektronik lebih rendah dibandingkan ketika bermain menggunakan media non-elektronik. Walaupun begitu, subjek dalam penelitian ini memliki skor maternal responsiveness yang cukup tinggi.

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Maternal responsiveness is a domain of parent interaction. Maternal responsiveness describes the mother's response to signs, emotions, words, interests, and behavior displayed by children (Roggman & Innocenti, 2008). This study was conducted to look at the differences in maternal responsiveness in Mother and Preschool Age Children’s Interaction When Playing with Non-electronic Toys Media and Electronic Toys Media.

The participants are 61 pairs of mother-preschool children. Maternal Responsiveness in the interaction when playing were measured using an instrument called PICCOLO (The Parents Interacting with Children: Checklist of Observation Linked to Outcomes) on responsiveness domains. Researcher also used questionnaire to collect information about children playing activity in general.

The results of this study showed a significant mean difference in maternal responsiveness. Maternal responsiveness when the children are playing electronic toys media is lower than when they are playing non-electronic toys media. However, the subjects in this study possess the quite high score maternal responsiveness.