Psychological Journal: Science and Practice

Pilih karirmu! Pelatihan ”PLANS” bagi Siswa kelas XI Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA)

Yuli Rahmawati — 2023-12-01

Adolescent is one of the crucial stages of human development, because at this age people are expected to be able to
make a lot of decision, as if career decision making. Appropriate subjects should be taken in the college which should
be in line with pupils’ career aspiration. Unfortunately, high school students are still confused and unsure because of
numerous factors. PLANS training is designed to enhance both individual knowledge and skill to plan their career. This
research conducted by using mixed method to 12 high school students within 16-17 years old, and who has low-middle
score in career decision making self-efficacy. We found that career decision making self-efficacy score in pretest was
lower than post-test score. In descriptive, after following the training, there are increased following aspects such as
self-awareness, set an achievable goals, and increase subjective motivation.

The special parents for special children: A qualitative study

nurul muzayyanah — 2023-11-10

Parents of children with special needs (CSNs) have a unique responsibility to care for and assist in the development of their children. It often leads to psychological adjustments. This study aimed to find empirical evidence of how parents of CSNs with low education and socioeconomic status experience positive psychological adjustments to their CSN. The study used triangulation methods, including focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, and observations, involving seven parents of CSNs. Through an intentional data reduction process, three main themes emerged regarding the manifestation of psychological adjustment in parents of CSNs. These themes are (a) acceptance of the CSN's condition, (b) resilience in parenting CSNs, and (c) anxiety about the CSN's future. The study found that accompanying the growth and development of children with special needs is not an easy journey. Furthermore, parents of CSNs with low education and economic status were delayed in receiving certainty from doctors regarding their child's 'special condition.' However, the parents in this study exhibited positive psychological adaptability. They were able to develop acceptance and resilience and successfully reduce anxiety through patience and faith in Allah SWT.

Keywords: children with special needs, parents, acceptance, resilience, anxiety

Menggali kekuatan karakter: conscientiousness berperan pada orientasi masa depan dan keputusan karir siswa SMK

Nurhuda Alfina Layalin — 2023-11-10

Career choices is a central role in an individual’s life, especially for vocational school students. For this reason,
understanding the elements that influence career decisions becomes essential to ensure that individuals can formulate
accurate and aligned choices with their long-term aspirations. Future orientation is among the factors impacting career
choices. Students who possess a strong sense of future orientation enhance their capacity to make informed career
decisions. Conscientiousness is thought to have an important role in increasing the influence of future orientation on the
career decisions of female vocational high school students. The purpose of this study was to determine the moderating
effect of Conscientiousness on the effect of future orientation on career decisions. The research subjects were 194
students who were in class XII at SMK in Ponorogo. Data were collected using the Career Decision Scale, Future
Orientation Scale, and the Big-five personality scale NEO-PI-R. The Moderate Regression Analysis (MRA) method was
employed for data analysis. The findings of the research indicate that Conscientiousness has the capability to amplify
the influence of future orientation on the career choices made by vocational school students in Ponorogo.

Pengaruh harga diri terhadap kesejahteraan psikologis dan kesepian pada Mahasiswa

Anandam Hayundaka Hayundaka — 2023-11-10

International students studying abroad face various challenges such as having to adapt to different socio-cultural
conditions. This can affect psychological well-being, which can hinder the academic process. Factors that are thought to
affect psychological well-being are self-esteem and loneliness. The subjects in this study were 122 Indonesian students
from various levels of education who were studying abroad. The scales used were Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale,
Ryff Psychological Well-Being Scale, and UCLA Loneliness Scale. Analysis in this study uses PROCESS Hayes 4.0
mediation. Results showed loneliness mediated the relationship of the effect of self-esteem on psychological well-being.
This shows that the important influence of self-esteem on psychological well-being occurs directly or indirectly mediated
by loneliness. The higher the self-esteem, the lower the loneliness, and then the better the psychological well-being.

Self esteem sebagai moderator konformitas terhadap perilaku merokok elektrik (vape)

Merlyn Ika Rosyida Putri — 2023-11-10

A tobacco cigarette is an convensional cigarette. Beside a convensional cigarette there is an electric cigarette with liquid. So the smoker use it by sucking the liquid from the device of vape, then its produce much smoke. An elecric cigarette is more expensive than the convensional cigaratte and need special maintance. Vape is growing rapidly among the society moreever upper, midle, lower, teen and adult. The teenager tend to do conformity by following and copying adult to smoke E- cigarette or vape. Because they need to be recognized their existence in their circle. Therefore, we need self esteem to reduce or increase conformity behaviour. The aim of this study to examine the role of self esteem as a moderator of an effect the behaviour of teenager who use E-cigarette. There are 105 carats in this quantitative study. The writer took the sample directly by online and used purposive sampling technique through behaviour scale of smoking GNSBQ Glover-Nilson Smoking Behavioral Questionnaire, conformity scale and RSES Rosenberg self esteem scale. A modern analysis was conducted using Modeated Regression Analysis method (MRA) with 25 SPSS sofware. The result of this study shows that self esteem modern has an effect to conformity of E-cigaratte bahaviour. The subject of self esteem can strengthen in increasing the effect of conformity effect to E- cigarette behaviour.