Peer-reviewed article
Assessing the effectiveness of rolling ball media on adolescents' knowledge of child marriage
Nispi Yulyana, Desi Widiyanti, Diyan Indrayani, Titi Legiati ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study tested whether an interactive learning tool called 'rolling ball media' could increase adolescent girls' knowledge about child marriage in Indonesia. Researchers randomly assigned 120 girls in Bengkulu City and Bandung City to either receive education using the rolling ball tool or a disc-based control activity. Girls who used the rolling ball media showed significantly greater increases in knowledge about the harms of child marriage compared to the control group.
Key points
- Treatment group average knowledge score increased to 86.50 after the intervention, compared to 77.42 in the control group
- The difference between groups was statistically significant (Mann-Whitney test p-value = 0.000)
- Rolling ball media is described as an interactive, interesting, and fun learning medium for child marriage education
- Bengkulu Province is among the top 10 regions with highest child marriage rates in Indonesia
- Knowledge was evaluated before the intervention and one week after the 30-minute learning session
Limitations
The study only measures knowledge change one week after the intervention and does not track whether increased knowledge leads to actual changes in behaviour or attitudes toward child marriage. The long-term retention of knowledge and whether this intervention reduces child marriage rates in practice remain unknown.
Abstract
Child marriage is a form of violation of human rights. Child marriage remains a significant global issue, especially in Indonesia. Bengkulu Province is among the top 10 highest child marriages in Indonesia. Rolling ball is an interactive, interesting, and fun learning medium containing material about child marriage. This study aimed to determine the influence of rolling ball media on the knowledge of child marriage among adolescents in Bengkulu City and Bandung City, Indonesia. This study used an experimental design with a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) involving 120 adolescent girls who were divided into two groups (60 participants each). The variables studied were girls’ knowledge. Sampling was performed using block randomization. Data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon test. The respondents in the treatment group received education on rolling ball media for 30 minutes. The control group engaged with the disc as the learning medium for 30 minutes. Knowledge evaluation was conducted both before the start of learning and after one week. The research instrument utilized a questionnaire. The results of the analysis showed that the average knowledge score after intervention increased to 86.50, with a p-value of 0 (Wilcoxon signed rank test), while the average knowledge score in the control group increased to 77.42 with a p-value of 0.024. The results of the Mann-Whitney test showed a p-value of 0.000 ≤ 0.05. There was a significant difference in the effectiveness of rolling balls on knowledge about the impact of child marriage on adolescents. Health promotion activities are expected to use rolling ball media as an alternative health promotion medium to increase adolescent knowledge about the impact of child marriage and reduce the number of child marriages, with the hope of increasing the maturity of the age of marriage.
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- Intervention
- Interactive rolling ball media education tool delivered in a 30-minute session teaching about the impacts of child marriage
- Population
- 120 adolescent girls (ages not specified) in Bengkulu City and Bandung City, Indonesia, divided into treatment and control groups of 60 each
Key finding
Treatment group knowledge score increased to 86.50 (p-value = 0, Wilcoxon signed rank test)