Family Therapy Improves the Coping and Behavior of Imprisoned Children and Family

Abstract

Recovery of imprisoned children can be reach by improving the coping of families and children during detention. Good coping will improve the behavior of children and families and prevent children from becoming recidivists. The purpose of the study was to compare the differences coping and behavior of families and children after attending family therapy in Children Prison. This research is a quantitative study, quasi-experimental research design with a pre-test-post-test approach, the respondents are imprisoned children and their familly, location is children prison di Lampung. The results showed an increasing the positive coping of children and families The child's and family's coping and behavior improved due to the intervention of family therapy. This change occurred because the content of the seminar materials and activities at the time of family therapy remained based on the principles of grieving theory and family therapy and increasing the good behavior of both children and families when they were interacting during and after the all therapies, family therapy is good for children and also families. Conclusion, , family therapy was able to increase positive coping and behavior when interacting with family. Coping and behavior that children and families change for more positive to accept the reality. family therapy has not shown changes in both child and family coping but changes the behavior of children and families when they were interacting. Suggestions, family therapy are continued staf of prison, by further increasing programs, facilities and infrastructure for the family therapy.