Kajian Psikologi dan Kesehatan Mental

Gambaran Coping Stress ASN yang Menjalankan Izin Belajar

Yustisia Donisius Herlambang, Rudangta Arianti — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0700

Purpose: This study aimed to comprehensively describe the stress-coping strategies implemented by civil servants (Aparatur Sipil Negara/ASN) aged 40 years and above, focusing on the various cognitive, emotional, and behavioral approaches they employ to manage occupational stress. The research sought to explore how these individuals respond to work-related pressures, administrative demands, interpersonal challenges, and organizational changes, as well as to identify the internal and external resources—such as personal resilience, family support, peer relationships, and institutional support systems—that contribute to their coping processes.

Research methodology: This was a qualitative case study. Participants in this study were two civil servants (ASN) in their 40s who were pursuing further education while working. Data collection was conducted through in-depth, semi-structured interviews.

Results: The results of this study indicate that both participants used different stress-coping techniques, which were tailored to the unique aspects of each participant, including their economic circumstances and the social environment around them.

Conclusions: Both subjects applied positive coping strategies in different but effective ways. Subject H completed their studies, while subject J remains motivated in finishing their final project.

Limitations: This study only included married participants consist of individuals from a single ethnic group located in Indonesia.

Contribution: This study is expected to provide an overview of the stress-coping strategies of civil servants (ASN) pursuing further education.

Proses Menghadapi “Tekanan dan Badai” pada Remaja Akhir Asal NTT yang Mengalami Corporal Punishment Orang Tua

Meyranda Adelia Florensia Riti Tapo Wawin, Rudangta Arianti — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0700

Purpose: To understand the process of late adolescents facing "pressure and storms" and experiencing physical punishment from their parents.

Research methodology: This qualitative phenomenological study involved two NTT male teens (ages 18–22) who experienced corporal punishment. Data were collected through semi-structured, in-depth interviews.

Results: The results of the study showed that both participants used long-term stress coping and short-term stress coping as an effort to deal with "pressure and storms" due to corporal punishment by their parents. Both participants used short-term stress coping to avoid problems and minimize stress. Participant 1 used long-term stress coping to accept the situation and adapt to the family's wishes. Participant 2 used long-term stress coping to find his identity and avoid conflicts with his parents.

Conclusions: Harsh parenting, such as physical punishment, causes children to feel pressured and afraid. NTT adolescents who experienced it expressed emotions, ran away, or chose to live apart to escape the pressure.

Limitations: This study focuses less on the educational background of the participants and does not examine the role of culture in overcoming corporal punishment.

Contribution: It is hoped that this research can enrich the reader's knowledge and apply it to life regarding the process of facing pressure and storms due to corporal punishment.

Hubungan antara Happiness dengan Fear of Missing Out pada Dewasa Awal Pengguna Media Sosial di NTT

Priska P. M Saekoko, Rudangta Arianti — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0700

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a relationship between happiness and FoMO in early adult social media users in NTT.

Research methodology: This study used quantitative research methods with non-linear regression design. The study participants were 212 early adult men and women with an age range of 18-40 years who lived in NTT and were active on one social media or even more than one with a minimum period of 3 hours a day.

Results: The results of the non-linearity regression test using the "Quadratic" method obtained a value of b = -1.736 and P = 0.028 (P<0.05) which is therefore a significant negative relationship between happiness and FoMO in early adult social media users in NTT.

Conclusions: There is a U-shaped negative relationship between happiness and FoMO among young adults in NTT. The lowest FoMO occurs at a moderate level of happiness, which aligns with the respondents’ condition.

Limitations: From the results of the research and discussion conducted, it can be concluded that early adult social media users in NTT who are respondents in this study need to increase happiness to be wiser in using social media so as not to experience FoMO. When early adulthood in NTT does not feel life satisfaction or experience anxiety, you should look for something else that can make early adult individuals in NTT accept themselves and their environment instead of using excessive social media, because it will have the potential for early adulthood to experience FoMO

Contribution: This research is expected to help early adults in NTT to improve and direct their feelings of happiness, so that early adults in NTT can regulate behavior in social media besides that it can reduce the tendency to experience FoMO.

Melacak Kemajuan Kognitif: Binaural Beats pada Gelombang Otak Alpha terhadap Working Memory

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0700

Purpose: This study aims to examine the effect of binaural beats in the alpha brain wave range on the working memory of Psychology students at Padjadjaran University, class of 2023. Alpha waves are associated with a relaxed yet alert state of consciousness.

Research methodology: A quantitative experimental method was used with a one-group pretest-posttest design. Fifty participants were selected through stratified random sampling. The Brown-Peterson Task was employed to assess working memory, and data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon test.

Results: The post-test scores (M = 4.38; SD = 1.50) were higher than the pre-test scores (M = 4.00; SD = 1.47), indicating an improvement in working memory after exposure to alpha binaural beats. Wilcoxon analysis confirmed a significant difference.

Conclusions: Alpha wave binaural beats significantly improved the working memory of Psychology students at Unpad class of 2023.

Limitations: The pretest-posttest method may have introduced familiarity bias. Future research should modify post-test content to minimize this effect and involve larger, more diverse samples to enhance generalizability.

Contribution: This study contributes to students by considering techniques for improving their working memory abilities.