Life Meaning Therapy on Anxiety Experience by Female Prisoners in Correctional Institution
Nurvina Taurimasari (a), Nawang Wulandari (a), Ulfa Husnul Fata (a)

STIKes Patria Husada Blitar
Jalan Sudanco Supriyadi168 Blitar Indonesia

Abstract

Female prisoners with all the lack of social support coupled with the stigma of society by giving a negative label to them has a psychological impact that is felt, one of which is anxiety. Life meaningful therapy aims to reduce anxiety by the process of finding meaning in life. This study aims to determine the effect of therapeutic meaning of life with the anxiety of female prisoners in Blitar Correctional Institution Class IIB. This type of research is a Quasi-Experimental study with the One Group Pretest Posttest Design approach. The sample used by 15 respondents was taken by purposive sampling technique. This life giving therapy is given as many as 4 sessions for 2 weeks. For anxiety assessed using the Hamilton Rating Scale-Anxiety (HRS-A) questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Paired T-Test. The analysis results obtained p value of 0,000 where p <0.05 which means there is a therapeutic effect of interpreting life with anxiety of female prisoners in Correctional Institution Class IIB Blitar. The need for therapy to interpret life in the mental training program of Prisoners in Blitar Corrections Institutions.

Keywords: Anxiety, Female Prisoners, Life Meaning Therapy

Topic: Mental Health, Community, Family Health and Gerontological Nursing