Journal of Health and Behavioral Science

Description of Resilience in Students with Deceased Parents

Sesilia Pah — 2025-04-30

Students who lose one or both parents face emotional and psychological challenges that can affect their resilience abilities. This study aims to describe how the level of resilience of students with deceased parents at Nusa Cendana University using a quantitative descriptive approach. The measuring instrument used in this study is the Connor-Davidson scale (CD-RISC). The results showed that on average, students with deceased parents had a level of resilience in the moderate category (70%). This finding indicates that despite facing pressure due to the loss of parents, most students are able to maintain a fairly good level of resilience. Further analysis revealed that academic performance, time span of parental loss, and involvement in organizations contributed to the level of resilience, with spiritual influence being the dominant factor. This study highlights the importance of social support and internal factors in building student resilience. The findings provide a basis for the development of interventions that support university students facing the challenges of parental loss.

Overview of Learning Discipline and Learning Achievement of Students of SMP Negeri 2 Kupang

Anastasia Zetu Dako — 2025-04-30

Abstract. Learning discipline is a collection of individual and community behaviors that reflect a sense of obedience, compliance supported by awareness to fulfill duties and obligations in order to achieve learning goals. Learning discipline applied in the school environment will greatly help in improving student learning achievement. Disciplined behavior is always shown by a student who is always present on time, obeys the rules, behaves in accordance with applicable norms. If a student has been disciplined, namely by obeying the rules of doing all school assignments given to him, it will have a good effect on student learning achievement. This study aims to see the picture of learning discipline and learning achievement of students at SMP Negeri 2 Kupang. This type of research is descriptive quantitative research with the Univariate analysis method, and the number of samples is 97 students. Data was taken using a scale of learning discipline and mid-semester exam scores. Based on the results of the univariate analysis, it shows that the frequency distribution of learning discipline is in the medium category with 65 respondents while learning achievement is in the low category with 44 respondents.

Factors Causing Verbal Bullying Behavior in Elementary School Students

Fredrich Euricho Abatan — 2025-04-30

Bullying is negative behavior carried out by someone who has more power or power over someone who aims to hurt and is carried out intentionally and causes the victim to feel uncomfortable and can occur in several forms, namely verbal, physical and mental. The aim of this research is to analyze the factors that cause verbal bullying behavior in fifth grade students at St. Catholic Elementary School. Yosef Atambua 1 academic year 2023/2024. The research design uses qualitative research with a case study approach. Participants in this research were the perpetrator, victim, peers, perpetrator's parents, teacher and school principal. Data was collected and analyzed using thematic data analysis techniques. From the results of data analysis, it was found that verbal bullying behavior occurred due to several factors behind this behavior, such as the contribution of children, in this case the student who bullied had an angry, aggressive and anti-social nature.

Self-Acceptance Among Leprosy Patients: A Qualitative Exploration of Personal and Social Challenges

Videlis Rinto Baro Kaleka — 2025-04-30

Leprosy is a disease that attacks the physical and psychological so that it can affect the quality of psychological well-being of leprosy patients. Several factors that can affect psychological well-being in leprosy patients, one of which is self-acceptance. This study aims to provide an overview of self-acceptance of leprosy patients at the Bunda Pembantu Abadi Naob Hospital. The research design used qualitative research with 5 subjects with criteria determined by purposive sampling techniques, namely leprosy patients who were undergoing treatment at the Hospital. The data collected were analyzed using thematic analysis techniques and produced 3 main themes, namely, psychological impacts, self-acceptance factors, and treatment challenges. Self-acceptance of leprosy patients is explained through various psychological impacts experienced by leprosy patients, namely stigma and rejection and various negative feelings about themselves, also through various factors that encourage leprosy patients to achieve self-acceptance, namely motivation, treatment in the hospital as a new hope, religious coping, and social support. In the process of achieving healing and self-acceptance, there are challenges faced by leprosy patients, namely lack of knowledge about the disease, misdiagnosis, and traditional medicine. In addition to providing physical therapy services, in the future hospitals need to develop psychosocial support programs to improve self-acceptance and psychological well-being of leprosy patients.

The Problem of changing Psychological Dynamics of Religious Conversion in the Boti Tribal Community, South Central Timor Regency

Kevin Putri Novera Tanaem — 2025-04-30

The problem of changing religions is an on going matter. This means that the conflicts or problems that occur do not end when the individual decides to change religions but continues after the individual changes religions. In fact, physical and psychological violence perpetrated as a result of changing religions continues to occur. Individuals who have decided to change religions are always labeled as infidels, sinners, apostates, and without opinion. When society or individuals are labeled like that, individuals will feel anxiety, fear, shame and depression within themselves, this is called a psychological impact. Things that happen will spur individuals to experience changes cognitively, emotionally and also interpersonal relationships. The purpose of this study was to determine the psychological dynamics of the Boti people who changed religions and to find out how to deal with anxiety and stress after changing religions. The method used is a qualitative method with observation and interview techniques. The results of this study indicate that the Boti people actually experience psychological dynamics after deciding to change religions, and participants also admit to experiencing a lot of positive emotions after changing religions.

The Overview Of Gadget Use and Its Impact on the Spiritual Development of Youth

Jhuarnydh Benu — 2025-04-30

This study aims to analyze the use of gadgets and their impact on the spiritual development of teenagers within the church community. The background of this research identifies that today’s youth spend more time with gadgets, both for entertainment and learning, compared to spiritual activities such as prayer and Bible reading. A qualitative method was employed, utilizing interviews and observations with teenagers in the church. The findings reveal that excessive gadget use disrupts teenagers' focus during worship, with many preferring to engage with social media apps or play games during service time. Additionally, the research highlights the significant role of parents and educators in guiding teenagers to balance their time between gadget use and spiritual activities. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of awareness regarding the negative effects of uncontrolled gadget use, as well as the need for a wise approach in leveraging technology to support the spiritual growth of teenagers.