The Effectiveness of Audiovisual Method Counseling on the Knowledge and Attitudes of Adolescents Regarding Early Marriage

Abstract

Early marriage is a marriage that occurs in either one or both parties under 19 years old. In 2022, Singosari District became the area with the highest rate of early marriages in Malang Regency, with a total of 100 cases. Low knowledge regarding the risks of early marriage will tend to make teenagers agree and have a negative attitude towards early marriage. The active role of society and government is very necessary to support efforts to prevent early marriage. One effort to improve teenagers' knowledge and attitudes is by providing information about early marriage. Audiovisual method counseling is an activity that aims to provide information using a combination of sound and image media. Therefore, this study aims toknow the effectiveness of audiovisual counseling method on the knowledge and attitude of adolescents about early marriage. This study employed Pre-Experimental Research Design through the One Group Pretest-Posttest Design approach. Researcher used purposive sampling technique and obtained 65 respondents who met the research criteria. Data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon test. Shows that the average value of knowledge before counseling (Pretest) is 7.63 and after counseling (Posttest) is 8.09. The average value of attitude before counseling (Pretest) is 45.37 and after counseling (Posttest) is 47.14. Wilcoxon test results on the knowledge variable obtained a p-value of 0.010 and the attitude variable obtained a p-value of 0.000.In conclusion, the audiovisual methods is influential and effective in improving the knowledge and attitudes of adolescents about early marriage.