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ABSTRACT
Introduction: The prevalence of children in Indonesian prison in 2015 as many as 2,207
children. The impact of detention on children are psychological decline such as anger,
anxiety, sadness, fear, disappointment, and other feelings that can cause changes in
emotional stability. Therapy Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is one of the
complementary therapies that can be administered to nursing improving emotional stability
adolescent prisoners. To determine the effect of emotional stability EFT against child
prisoners in LPKA Class II Yogyakarta.Method: This study design using quasi-experimental
approach to non equivalent control group design, purposive sampling with a sample of 32
respondents consisting of 16 respondents to the intervention group and 16 respondents to the
control group. The research instrument used is Questionnaire Emotional Stability. Test
analysis using Independent t test. Result: The results showed that there are differences in
average emotional stability between the intervention group and the control group with p =
0.000 (p <0.05). Conclusion and recommendation: EFT therapy is highly recommended as
one of the nursing interventions to increase emotional stability in adolescents.
SkorKestabilanEmos
i Mean SD SE p value N
Pre Test 64,06 10,129 2,532 0,000 16
Post Test 82,13 12,010 3,003 16
Emotional Stability
Scores Mean SD SE p Value N
Pre Test 65,00 8,702 2,176 0,751 16
Post Test 65,63 5,898 1,474 16
Source: Analysis Data Primer (2017)
Table 4. explains that the result of the value of emotional stability score is
research for the average emotional 0.63 and statistical test results
stability score of control group in obtained p value = 0.751. This means
LPKA Class II Yogyakarta pre test is that at alpha 5% with 95% confidence
65,00 with standard deviation 8,702, level there is no significant difference
while post test of control group is between the mean of emotional
65,63 with standard deviation 5,898. stability in LPKAKelas II Yogyakarta
Based on these results then there is between before and after getting EFT
difference difference of the average therapy (p> 0,05).
Emotional Stability
Scores Mean SD SE p Value N
Control 66,19 9,382 2,346 0,000 16
EFT 82,13 12,010 3,003 16
Source: Analysis Data Primer (2017)
Based on table 4.5. the and control group equal to
result shows that the average 15,94; then the statistical test
score of emotional stability in results obtained p value =
LPKA Class II 0.000. It can be concluded that
Yogyakartapadapost test for there is a significant difference
intervention group is 82,13 in the average of emotional
with standard deviation 9,382, stability in LPKA Class II
while in control group is 66,19 Yogyakarta, so that there is
with standard deviation influence of EFT giving on
12,010; then there is difference emotional stability in juvenile
difference of value of mean inmates in LPKA Class II
score of emotional stability Yogyakarta (p <0,05).
between intervention group
DISCUSSION
The age is middle age behavior, and mastery of his emotions
(Anjaswarni, 2014). Age is one (Hurlock, 2012).
important indicator in determining the Living in a
level of maturity of a person. Maturity penitentiary and away from a
here not only looks physically but also known person will make the
psychologically. The older the person's psychological condition
age will be more mature also thoughts, decline, especially for
adolescents where at that time responsible behavior (Haviguhurst
adolescents are in transition. (1976) in Sobur (2015). that teenagers
According Sarwono (2015) who are in LPKA will experience the
transition period teenagers same situation, facilities and
characterized by searching treatment.Teens will feel depressed,
identity and identity so that the independence is limited, away from
process of socialization and their parents, family and closest
support of family and peers is people so that the developmental tasks
needed. Therefore, the process that teenagers should reach will be
of socialization approach is hampered.Child developmental tasks
good and directed by prison resulting in unhappiness in
officers and peers are needed adolescents, causing community
to complement each other so rejection, and difficulty in completing
that emotional pressure can be the task of developing the next stage
well controlled. Terpenjara is a of age (Havighurst (1961) in Yusuf
life event that can cause stress (2015).
and even be at risk of The difficult conditions
depression (Reeder, Martin experienced by juvenile inmates cause
&Grifin, 2007). teenagers to feel isolated, hollow,
Life inside LPKA that is isolated anxious, and indecisive. Feelings of
from the outside environment, away sadness, worry, fear and
from loved ones and known will cause disappointment make a prisoner
a psychological shock for a teenager. difficult in maintaining emotional
feelings of sadness, anxiety, anger and stability. In addition, activities that are
fear of making a juvenile prisoner routinely done every day make
vulnerable to mental health, especially teenagers feel bored, teenagers can not
the problem of emotional stability. do their hobbies outdoors, and
Most teenagers in jail have mental teenagers also should not hold the
health problems such as depression, phone which mobile phone is the most
suicide attempts. This problem is favorite item of adolescent. The
compounded by adverse conditions emotions of new adolescents entering
experienced during imprisonment as LPKA tend to be due to the inability
adolescents have to adapt to the prison of adolescents to adapt to new
environment. During detention, environments, while long-time
adolescents experience isolation, adolescents in LPKA feel anxiety and
boredom, intimidation, and stress. fear in the face of their freedom. This
negative length in adolescents (Ng et causes most to have the same
al., 2011). emotional intensity on each prisoner
Adolescents should be supported even though the duration of the
by good moral reasoning (Desmita, sentence is different. This study is in
2007), self-determination (Erikson, line with Hidayati's (2005) study
2007), self-study and socially which shows that there is no
correlation between duration of also supported by research conducted
sentence and prisoners' self esteem by Hartini (2014) using EFT therapy
after given EFT with p = 0,071. in groups to reduce the degree of
This research method refers to depression in female prisoners Class II
some research, among others, Hidayati A Class Jl. EFT conducted 5 meetings
(2005) who conducted research by with each meeting as many as 5
way of Borrowing Benefits on the sessions within one hour on female
subject of research as many as 32 narapida. As many as 18 respondents
female prisoners in Bogor prison with who were given EFT intervention
low self esteem issues for 14 meetings experienced a decrease of depression
with duration of 2 hours per meeting. by 60.68%. This shows that EFT with
In this study prisoners' self-esteem Borrowing Benefit method has a very
score before EFT was 21.6 and then strong effectiveness to overcome
increased to 24.72 after EFT. emotional disturbance because of
Furthermore, research on the short, cheap and efficient.
effectiveness of EFT with Borrowing
Benefits method was also done by CONCLUSSION
Church, et al (2012) on 9 students who The average age of the
suffered severe depression with an respondents was 16.03 years with the
average score of 23.44. Treatment highest duration of 4.72 months. There
group received four EFT sessions in is no relation of respondent
groups for a period of 3 consecutive characteristic: age and duration of
weeks. Each session lasted 90 sentence with emotional stability of
minutes. After 3 weeks then the children with p value> 0,05. There
average depression score decreased to was a significant mean difference
6.08. This shows the effect of EFT between the emotional stability score
with Borowing Benefits method is before and after being given EFT with
very strong against depression p value = 0.026. There was no
depression. significant mean difference in stability
The effect of EFT is also proven score of pre-and post-child emotions
by Suh (2015) by examining the that were not treated with p value of
symptoms of anxiety and anger in 0.751. There was a significant mean
adolescents as many as 27 teenagers difference in emotional stability
who have Hwabyung syndrome (HB) between the groups given EFT and the
in Korea.Suh identified their capacity control group with p = 0,000.
in reducing anxiety, anger, and
emotional.Remeen then taught EFT SUGGESTION
for 4 weeks with the method of EFT therapy can be applied as part of
Borrowing Benefits. The result is that the nursing care process to improve
EFT group experienced a significant the physiological and psychological
decrease on HB scale with p value problems of children so there is a need
<0.05. The results of this study are for policy from the head of the child-
specific coaching agency to pursue international
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