Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mendapatkan gambaran mengenai pengaruh dukungan sosial terhadap interaksi ibu - anak usia toddler di keluarga miskin. Dukungan sosial diukur dengan alat ukur Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet, 1988). Interaksi ibu - anak usia toddler diukur dengan Parenting Interaction with Children : Checklist of Observational Linked to Outcomes (Roggman, Cook, Innocenti, Norman & Christiansen, 2013). Partisipan penelitian ini adalah 71 pasang ibu dan anak usia toddler yang tinggal di sekitar Depok dan Jakarta. Sekitar 59% anak toddler berjenis kelamin laki-laki dan 41% perempuan. Uji Multiple Regression digunakan untuk mengukur pengaruh dukungan sosial terhadap interaksi ibu - anak. Hasil utama penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tidak terdapat cukup bukti dukungan sosial berpengaruh signifikan terhadap interaksi ibu - anak (F=0.144, N=71, p= 0.706, pada los 0.05).
This research was conducted to get an overview about the impact of social support on mother - toddler interaction in poverty families. Social support was measured by the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet, 1988). And mother - toddler Interaction measured by Parenting Interaction with Children: Checklist of Observational Linked to Outcomes (Roggman, Cook, Innocenti, Norman & Christiansen, 2013). Participants of this study were 71 pairs of mother and toddler who live around Depok and Jakarta. Approximately 59% of toddler sex are male and 41% are female. Multiple Regression Test is used to measure the impact of social support on mother - toddler interaction. The main results of the study shows that there is no sufficient evidence of social support significantly influence mother - toddler interaction (F = 0.144, N = 71, p = 0.706, in Los 0.05).