Jurnal Aplikasi IPTEK Indonesia
Vol 4, No 1 (2020)

Self-Acceptance of Young Prisoners in the Institute for Special Education for Children (LPKA)

Eflen Yuliarsih (Universitas Negeri Padang)
Daharnis Daharnis (Universitas Negeri Padang)
Yeni Karneli (Universitas Negeri Padang)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Feb 2020

Abstract

Adolescent inmates are a population that is vulnerable to depression because being a prisoner is a hard life for adolescents. All the pressure in prison will be a major cause of depression for juvenile prisoners while in detention. In addition, feelings of fear caused by public perceptions of free teenage inmates will make prisoners increasingly feel isolated. Therefore, to reduce these impacts, self-acceptance is needed. The purpose of this study is to describe the aspects of self-acceptance that exist in adolescent prisoners in prison. Samples were collected form 46 prisoners adolescents by applying the purposive sampling technique. The instruments used were self-acceptance questionnaires which has a reliability score of 0.934 (Alpha Cronbach).Data analysis used aquantitative approach with descriptive methods. The results of self-acceptance juvenile inmates obtained an average score of 155.93 (hight self-acceptance category) with an average percentage category of 70.88%.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

aiptekin

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Social Sciences Other

Description

The aim of Jurnal Aplikasi IPTEK Indonesia is to disseminate the conceptual thoughts, ideas and research results that have been achieved in the area of community services. This journal scope contains scientific articles from various disciplines that are adopted in various community service ...