Hubungan Antara Persepsi Terhadap Berita Kriminal di Televisi dengan Kecemasan Ibu Rumah Tangga Akan Tindak kejahatan

Abstract

This study aims to look at the relationship between perceptions of criminal news on television and the worries of housewives about crime in Ward I of Kota Bangun Medan-Deli. The sample of this study was 86 housewives using Purposive Sampling techniques. The measuring scale used is the scale of perception and anxiety. The perception scale is arranged based on perceptual aspects proposed by Bell, the scale of anxiety is based on aspects of anxiety proposed by Greenberg and Padesky. Data was analyzed using the Product Moment test. The results of the analysis showed that there was a relationship between perceptions and anxiety in housewives in Ward I of Kota Bangun Medan-Deli Village (rxy = -0,376 with P = 0,000 <0,050. The results showed perceptions contributed to anxiety as much as 14.2%. Perception received the sample is known as low (mean hypothetical 65> mean empirical 44.98 and the difference exceeds SD 8,067). Anxiety is classified as high (mean hypothetical 70<mean empirical 93.00 and the difference exceeds SD 8.520).