<![CDATA[This literary psychology study analyses the structural elements of J.S. Khairen’s novel Dompet Ayah Sepatu Ibu, the self-actualization of its two main characters, Zenna and Asrul, within Carl Rogers’ humanistic framework, and the use of both analyses as the basis for a literary enrichment book for senior high school. An earlier study of the same novel examined self-actualization using Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and focused solely on Zenna, leaving unexamined how actualization operates relationally and across generations under structural poverty. This study employed a descriptive qualitative design combining library research with content analysis. Data comprising narrative excerpts, dialogue, and inner speech were gathered through close reading and note-taking with data cards, analysed following the interactive model of Miles and Huberman, and validated through theoretical triangulation, persistent observation, and peer debriefing. Structurally, the novel is built on egoistic and social themes, a mixed plot dominated by forward movement, third-person omniscient narration, and a rural Minangkabau social setting. The study identifies 14 data of self-actualization, comprising 11 in Zenna and 3 in Asrul, with unconditional positive regard as the most dominant indicator at 5 data. Both characters sustain an actualizing tendency that converts economic deprivation and paternal loss into growth motivation, display all five markers of the fully functioning person, and reach congruence intergenerationally. The findings were then developed into a design for a literary enrichment book for Phase F, together with its expert-validation procedure. The study argues that self-actualization in this novel is relational rather than individualistic.]]>
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