THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COPING STRATEGY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING TOWARD ADOLESCENTS

Abstract

West Sumatra is a prone-area toward natural disasters related to geographical, geological and demographic conditions. Natural disasters give a very significant impact on physical, psychological and social. The most impact in psychological is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). One who is prone to experiencing PTSD is adolescents. To prevent PTSD from occurring, good psychological well-being is needed. The factors that influence psychological well-being is coping strategy. This study is an analytical study with a cross sectional approach. This research was conducted in three disaster-prone districts in Padang City, namely North Padang, South Padang, and Koto Tangah. Data were collected through distributing questionnaires to 156 adolescents who were selected by purposive sampling and analyze with chi square test. The results of this study found that 85 respondents (54.5%) had low psychological well-being, 105 respondents (67.3%) used emotional focused coping and have a relationship between coping strategy toward psychological well-being with 0.010 P value. The results found that there was a relationship between coping strategy toward psychological well-being adolescents in disaster-prone areas in Padang City. It is recommended for adolescents, parents and teachers to pay attention about the coping strategy and support the students so that adolescents have high psychological well-being