Ika Zenita Ratnaningsih

Positive Emotion Skills at Work: Intervention To Increase Well-Being of Working Mothers in Pmi Central Java

This study aims to determine the effect of Positive Emotion Skills at Work to increase well-being in working mothers in PMI Central Java. The experimental method used was a quasi-experiment that was randomized pretest-posttest control group design. The research subjects were 24 persons with characteristics: Working woman aged between 22 54 years old, and at least one year working. Subjects were divided into two groups, namely the experimental group and the control group. The measuring tool used was the well-being scale of Diener. Measurements were given in pre-test and post-test. Based on the results of Mann Whitney U analysis obtained value p = 0.219; P> 0.05. The results explain that there is no difference in post test scores in the control group and experimental group. The rejected hypothesis can be found that both the pretest and postes well-being scores on in the control group and the experimental group indicate that they already have a good wellbeing so that this training is a method of maintaining their wellbeing. This well-known WB indicator can be known that PMI is one of the organizations working in the field of humanity and social, so that the individuals involved in working in PMI are individuals willing to work voluntarily.

Menurunkan Stres Kerja Petugas Pemasyarakatan melalui Teknik COPE

This research aimed to examine the effectiveness of coping technique in reducing working stress. The reduced level of stress was expected to make more optimal performance. Subject consisted of 20 correctional officers, which were divided into two groups. 10 officers were in experimental group, which were trained with coping technique, and the other ten belonged to control group. The research used quasi-experimental design with control group that was untreated at pretest-posttest. Working stress was measured with a scale in which each subject in both groups filled the work stress scale before and after treatment. Data analysis using the Mann Whitney U- test indicated that there was a significant effect of the application of coping technique as an alternative solution to reduce the level of working stress of the correctional officers (U=20.00; p=0.023<0.05). Keywords: COPE technique, coping strategy, correctional officers, job stress