Cognicia
Vol. 10 No. 2 (2022): Oktober

The role of cognitive flexibility on stress in hospital medical personnel in Malang

Amallia Salzabilla Taufani (Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)
Nandy Agustin Syakarofath (Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)
Latipun Latipun (Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)
Dian Caesaria Widyasari (Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Oct 2022

Abstract

Covid-19 was causing a drastically changing situation, especially for healthcare workers facing increasing workloads and sudden changes in circumstances. These circumstances force health workers to adapt to these stressful changes. Cognitive flexibility is one of the protective factors for health workers to be capable of processing and coping with stress. This study aims to perceive the contribution of cognitive flexibility to stress to healthcare workers. The research hypothesis is that there is a negative role between cognitive flexibility and stress, which means the higher cognitive flexibility a health worker has, the lower the stress level. This study uses quantitative methods. Using random sampling techniques, data retrieval uses the Cognitive Flexibility Scale (CFS) and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) questionnaires. The subjects of this study were 55 health workers working at hospitals in Malang, with the professional criteria of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and midwives. Data analysis uses a simple linear regression test. The results of this study show that cognitive flexibility has a 33.3% effect on reducing stress levels in healthcare workers.   Keywords: cognitive flexibility, covid-19, healthcare workers, mental health, stress

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Journal Info

Abbrev

cognicia

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Subject

Religion Humanities Neuroscience Social Sciences

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The scope and the focus of the journal is conceptual proposal and empirical studies in many aspects of cognitive psychology (motivation, cognition and metacognition) with the application in various field such Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology, ...