Traditional Games Engklek as a Medium to Increase Self-Control in School-Aged Children in Indonesia

Self-control is a personal ability to control emotions and cognitive as well as the decision-making processes that lead to positive behavior in order to achieve the expected goals. Self-control is needed to deal with various problems in daily life. Various attempts were made to be able to practice self-control; one of them was through the traditional game Engklek (hopscotch) game. The traditional game Engklek contains useful values in self-control. This study aims to determine the effect of traditional games Engklek as a medium to improve children’s self-control. This study used a quasi-experimental method with pretest and posttest control group design. The research subjects were 54 grade-5th elementary school students who are divided into three groups. The first group was given the treatment of traditional games of Payung and Sorok Engklek. The second group was given the treatment of traditional games Payung and Engklek Pa’a. The third group as a control group that was not given any treatment. Data analysis used the ANOVA test to compare self-control in the three groups and paired-test to compare the pretest and posttest in self-control scores. The results showed that there was self-control increasing of the children who were treated by traditional games Engklek Payung, Sorok, and Pa’a.