The Effect of Game with Rules on the Children Behavioral Self-Regulation

Abstract

The problem of low behavioral self-regulation can be related to several phenomena that occur in Indonesia. Where the number of cases of violence in Indonesian schools was higher when compared with Vietnam, Nepal, Cambodia and Pakistan. This study uses a literature study in which the researcher uses references or scientific literature relating to the influence of play game with rules on the children's behavioral self regulation. Reference sources use theories from books, research, and national and international journals, as well as articles from online media. The results of this study indicate that there is an influence of games with rules on the children's behavioral self regulation. The foundation of thinking that explains the relationship between playing games using rules and increasing children's behavioral self regulation is that playing games using rules are able to stimulate children's thinking processes that integrate the process among the three main components of executive functions, namely attention, working memory and inhibitory control to be able to lead to open behavioral responses in accordance with the goals and expectations of the child's social environment.