PENGARUH PELATIHAN BERPIKIR POSITIF TERHADAP DEPRESI

R. A. Erlina Yanuarti,

2000 | Tesis |

The research was aimed to find out the effect of positive thinking training toward decreasing of depression in adolescence. The subject of this research were students at High School “Institute Indonesia” Yogyakarta, between 16 - 18 years of age, which have middle depression or with BDI score between 16 - 23. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) is used as a screen subject to reveal whether there is depression or not and it is given at the pre test and post test. This research uses pre test – post test control group design. Manipulated is done by positive thinking training and giving to experimental groups. Analysis variance result of one-way mixed one-factor shows that there is an effect of positive thinking in decrease the level of depression with F=.9.000, p=0.006 and R 2 =0.180. This research goes to show that positive thinking training contributes 18% in decreasing the level of depression. Keywords : Depression, Positive Thinking Training

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