The Correlations Between Family Support to The Growth of Children’s Socialization Abilities With Mental Retardation: Literature Review
Abstract
The number of mentally retarded children increases to 7-10% of the total number of children in Indonesia in 2019. Most of these mental retardation children experience obstacles in carrying out the ability to socialize with the others due to lack of support provided by their families. This research purposes was to identify the correlation between family support of children’s socialization abilities with mental retardation. The research design used was a literature review, the stage of collecting journals from several databases such as Garuda, Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, and NCBI. The analysis technique uses critical appraisal with JBI (Joanna Briggs Institue) format. From the five journals analyzed, it was stated that there was a correlation between family support and children’s socialization abilities with mental retardation. The family was the most important factor that affects the children socialization ability because the child’s correlation with their family was closer and more emotional. Further improvements in providing education and knowledge to families should be given, especially parents who have mentally retarded children regarding the importance of family support for children’s socialization abilities with mental retardation.
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