The Effectiveness of Emo Demo Method in Toddler Massage Training on Mothers' Motivation in Supporting Toddler Growth and Development: Pre-Experimental Study

Stunting, speech delay, social emotional, cognitive and motoric disorders, are some signs that children's growth and development is not optimal. Mothers can do this by providing massage stimulation during the child's golden period. This research aimed to provide massage training for toddlers used the emo demo method to motivate mothers in optimized children's growth and development. This study used a pre-experimental approach, one group pre-post-test design. The population of the study was 60 mothers of toddlers and the sample size used total sampling. Data collection used a questionnaire that had been modified through previous validity and reliability tests regarding toddler massage training with the emo demo method and maternal motivation. The research data applied the Wilcoxon sign ranks test. The results showed that there was a significant difference in maternal motivation before and after being given toddler massage training with the emo demo method with a significance value of 0.0001, Mother’s motivation increased from 62% to 76.5%. The conclusion of this study that there is an effect of toddler massage training with the emo demo on the motivation of mothers to provide massage in order to optimize child growth and development.