The Effectiveness of Brief Ego State Cognitive Behavior Counseling to Reduce PTSD Symptoms in Victims of Natural Disasters in Central Sulawesi

Abstract

Natural disasters in Sigi and Donggala, Central Sulawesi, have caused Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in disaster victims. People who experience PTSD respond to traumatic events experienced with fear and despair, they will continue to remember the event and always try to avoid things that can remind them of that event. Starting from the problem was initiated a counseling that comprehensively is able to construct past events more positively and arouses the courage of the counselee to face the present and future reality more adaptively, the counseling called BESCB. The objective of this research is to study the efficacy of counseling of BESCB to reduce PTSD in victims of natural disasters. In this study used an experimental research design with pretest-posttest control group design. The subjects of this study were 45 victims of disasters in Palu and Donggala. The instrument used was Modified PTSD Symptom Scale (MPSS-SR) and Scaling Question. Techniques used to analyze the data is t-test. Based on the analysis and discussion of this research findings was concluded as BESCB Counseling Effective to reduce PTSD Symptoms and the existence of realistic changes in mind, calm feelings and low anxiety, and more adaptive in dealing with natural disasters.