Minat dan Perilaku Ibu dalam Memberikan Stimulasi Perkembangan pada Balita Usia 1-5 Tahun di Desa Sumberagung

Children aged 1-5 years experience a golden period where the development period runs very fast. One of the factors that influence development at this time is stimulation support. This stimulation is an activity to stimulate children's basic abilities including the development of gross motor, fine motor, independence, and language. The purpose of this study was to identify the interests and behavior of mothers in providing stimulation. This research is a analytic research with a purpossive sampling. Place of research in the village of Sumberagung with a total of 60 respondents. The data analysis technique used a statistical test using Chi-square tests. The conclusion of this study showed that there is a close relationship between interest and behavior in providing stimulation. Mother's interest in terms of interest was 88.3% and mother's behavior showed 76.7% in the good category. Toddler development shows in the normal category as much as 88.3%. In this study, it was found that counseling and assistance to mothers is very important to change the mother's behavior in providing stimulation to be more positive.