Gadjah Mada Journal of Professional Psychology (GamaJPP)
Vol 1, No 3 (2015)

Pelatihan Teknik Relaksasi untuk Menurunkan Kecemasan pada Primary Caregiver Penderita Kanker Payudara

Aprilya Dewi Kartika Sari (Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Subandi Subandi (Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Feb 2016

Abstract

This study was aimed to examine the effects of relaxation technique training to decrease anxiety level for family who care patient cancer at home. The participants of this study participated by five participants who had medium and high level of anxiety. Thedesign of the experiment was small N sample experiment, ABA design. The level of anxietywas measured quantitatively by adapted BAI scale. The treatment given to all participants was relaxation technique training. The training consisted of eight session, held for two weeks. The qualitative analysis was executed by analyzing of observation, interview, and homework. Statistic non parametric Wilcoxon and visual inspection graphics were used toanalyze the change of anxiety level before, during and after the training quantitavely There was significant score between base line and during training measurement, which Z=-0,023 and p=0,0215 (p<0,05), there was significant score between during training and follow upmeasurement, which Z=-0,023 and p=0,0215 (p<0,05) and there was significant score betweenbase line and follow up measurement, which Z=-2,041 and p=0,0205 (p<0,05). The result of this study showed that relaxation technique training was proven to be able to decrease anxiety level of each participants.

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Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Environmental Science Health Professions Public Health Social Sciences Other

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Gadjah Mada Journal of Professional Psychology (GamaJPP) e-ISSN 2407-7801 is an open-access journal disseminating articles with implications for research and practices professional psychology. GamaJPP welcomes manuscript in the areas of:: Clinical Psychology Education Psychology Developmental ...