Gambaran Resiliensi Anak Jalanan Dikota Medan

Abstract

This study used a descriptive quantitative method that aims to describe the resilience of street children in Medan city. Sampling with non-probability sampling methods obtained through quota sampling technique. Samples taken as many as 100 people from 11 districts in Medan city. This study used the resilience scale that popularized by Reivich & Shatte (2002), with a validity coefficient starts.from 0.264 to 0.574, and reliability coefficient is 0.848. The results of this study indicate that the ability of the resilience of street children in Medan city majority belong to the category of medium, thus street children in Medan city majority capable enough to overcome the difficulties encountered in daily life. From 7 dimensions of resilience, the ability of emotion regulation and selfefficacy is the most prominent dimension of the street children in Medan city. In addition, this study also obtain additional results, namely, the children on the street is more resilient than children of the street, and street children who are in school more resilient than street children who are not in school again, and street children who are at the mid-phase of adolescent development more resilient than the street children who are in the early phase of adolescent development