PELATIHAN MANAJEMEN KEMARAHAN UNTUK MENURUNKAN AGRESIVITAS PADA REMAJA PANTI ASUHAN

V.ANINDITA WEDHASMARA, Prof. Dr. Sofia Retnowati, MS., Psi.

2011 | Tesis | S2 Magister Profesi Psikologi

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Adolescence is a time where individuals are faced with many physical changes, psychological, and social complexity. Therefore, young people need a conducive environment; which can support them in completing their task in an optimal development. Adolescence who grew up in an environment not conducive will have problems on development and potentially grow into troubled teens. The orphanage is one example of a less favorable environment for youth development. Many orphanages have not been able to provide the facility of suitable growth and development for adolescent. The availability of these facilities is important because teenagers who live in orphanages tend to have a much more severe problems than adolescent in general. Those problems include: lack of support of parents, poverty, low social support, and the picture of the future is unclear. Conditions experienced by adolescent orphan cause most of them vulnerable to develop antisocial behavior, especially aggressiveness. This study aims to measure the effectiveness of anger management training in reducing aggression in adolescent orphan. Subjects were divided into two groups, namely the experimental and control groups. Experimental group will be given anger management training while the control group did not receive any treatment. The instrument used for the measures include the Aggression Scale of which are distributed during the program, following the program, and two week follow-up after the program. Data were analyzed with quantitatively and qualitatively. The results showed that Anger Management Training can decrease aggression among adolescence orphan.

Kata Kunci : Remaja, manajemen kemarahan