EFEKTIVITAS PELATIHAN MODUL MANAJEMEN STRES TERHADAP TINGKAT KECEMASAN PADA REMAJA AWAL
Abstract
Background: Anxiety is a condition in which a person feels afraid or lost confidence for
uncertain reason. Anxiety in teenager and school age children can significantly affect
their daily activities, development, academic life, and social function. The situation can
continue until their adulthood. Anxiety disorder is commonly experienced by adolescent.
This disorder has affected 6-20% of children and teenagers in developed countries. One
of the factors that cause anxiety is lack of knowledge on stress management. Therefore,
the aim of this research is to know the effectivity of stress management module training
on anxiety level among early adolescent.
Method: This research is a quasi-experimental research that uses Pretest-Postest,
Nonequivalent Control Group Design. The respondents of this research are 36 students of
VIII grade in SMPN 4 Yogyakarta, whose age range from 12 up to 15 years old. The
research instrument that is used is CERDAS (Young scholars work together in creating
healthy Indonesia) stress-management module. Each respondent is given an informed
consent, which then is given to their parents. The data is numeric scale that uses
univariate and bivariate analysis using indepent test.
Result: The result of independent test analysis is taken from the postest score of
controlling group and intervention, which is 0,026 or 0 = < 0,05 witg positive mean
difference. It shows that the postest score of students anxiety in intervention group is
lower compared to anxiety level of students in controlling group. Therefore, there is a
significant decreasing anxiety level of these groups.
Conclusion: Stress-Management Module Training is effective in decreasing anxiety level
of early adolescent.