Keterampilan Relaksasi Progresif untuk Menurunkan Stres Kerja pada Pekerja Sosial

• Main Authors: , Putri Rahayu Wulandari, , DR. Neila Ramdhani, Msi., Med.,Psi
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2013
• Subjects: ETD
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/119277/; http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=59272
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

the Occupational distress may cause many different physiological and psychological disorders depending on changes in environment or circumstances. It also may hamper work performance, particularly among social workers such as people who work at children social institution whose works are time-consuming as they are trying to deal with problems faced by foster children and meet the demand to educate children to be better in the future. The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of Progressive Relaxation Training to reduce occupational distress among social workers at children social institution. The training was conducted six times with 45-60 minutes duration for each meeting. The design of the study was quasi experiment using one group pre-post using double pretest design. Participants involved in the study were seven social workers who worked at Y Children Social Institution or Panti Sosial Asuhan Anak (PSAA). Characteristics of participants were as followed: have been working for six months as social workers at children social institution, have no history of contraindication towards relaxation, and showed constant medium to high occupational distress scores during the first and second pretests. Occupational distress was measured using Occupational Stress Inventory- Personal Strain Questionnaire (OSI-PSQ) which was consisted of 25 items after tryout and coefficient reliability (alpha) of 0,878. Quantitative data was analyzed using Wilcoxon analysis technique. Qualitative data was gained from the result of observation, interview, and daily journal of participants and was analyzed accordingly. Based on the result of the study, there was significant decrease of distress level which was showed by z score = -2,371 with p<0,05.