The study was aimed to describe the work adjustment experience or orphan caregivers in orphanage for multiple disabilities (Panti Asuhan Cacat Ganda/PACG) using qualitative-phenomenology approach. The subjects were three caregivers working in PACG Semarang. Data were collected through semi-structured interview and observation. Data were then transcribed and analyzed to obtain psychological meaning, meaning units, concept map, and subjects' main experiences. The result shows that orphan caregiver work adjustment is the result of their decision to work at PACG. Work adjustment performed by those orphan caregivers consist of five form of adjustments i.e. the adjustment to caregiving, the adjustment to company's culture, the adjustment to interact with client, the adjustment to colleagues, and the adjustment to community. Subjects' work adjustment was influenced by some external and internal factors to build their coping strategies in order to overcome problems that arose during the adjustment. It may be concluded that caregiver's work adjustment is the synchronization of interpersonal relationship between caregiver and directors, clients, colleagues, and community.Keywords: work adjustment, orphan care officer, orphanage, multiple disabilities, phenomenological AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan pengalaman penyesuaian diri pengasuh di Panti Asuhan Cacat Ganda (PACG) dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif-fenomenologis. Subjek terdiri dari tiga orang pengasuh yang bekerja di PACG di Semarang. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah wawancara semi terstruktur dan observasi. Data yang diperoleh kemudian ditranskripsi dan dianalisis untuk merumuskan makna psikologis, unit-unit makna, peta konsep, dan esensi pengalaman para subjek. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penyesuaian diri para pengasuh merupakan konsekuensi dari pengambilan keputusan untuk bekerja di PACG. Penyesuaian diri para pengasuh dalam bekerja terdiri atas lima bentuk penyesuaian, yaitu penyesuaian terhadap tugas pengasuhan, penyesuaian terhadap budaya organisasi, penyesuaian dalam berinteraksi dengan kelayan, penyesuaian terhadap rekan kerja, dan penyesuaian terhadap masyarakat Usaha penyesuaian subjek dipengaruhi oleh sejumlah faktor internal dan faktor eksternal yang membentuk strategi koping mereka untuk mengatasi kesulitan selama melakukan penyesuaian tersebut. Esensi yang ditarik dari penelitian ini adalah penyesuaian diri pengasuh dalam bekerja pada intinya merupakan penyelarasan hubungan interpersonal antara pengasuh dengan pimpinan, kelayan, rekan kerja, dan masyarakat.Kata Kunci : penyesuaian diri dalam bekerja, pengasuh, panti asuhan, cacat ganda, fenomenologis PENDAHULUANMengasuh penyandang cacat membutuhkan kesabaran dan kepedulian yang besar. Sebuah penelitian terhadap 468 ibu kandung yang mengasuh anak penderita cerebral palsy dari 19 pusat rehabilitasi anak di Ontario Kanada menunjukkan bahwa perilaku penyandang cerebral palsy dan tuntutan-tuntutan dalam pengasuhan (caregiving demands) merupakan dua fa...

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This study aims to determine the differences in forgiveness, hope, and satisfaction with life based on familyrelated characteristics, namely birth order, the total number of siblings, parents' marriage status, housemate, parents' age category, parents' occupation nature, and parents' education, aside from general demographic characteristics, among Indonesian senior high school age students. Participants in this study were 909 students of a vocational high school in Semarang, Indonesia obtained through cluster random sampling technique (MAge=15.93; SDAge=.909; male=60.3%; female=39.7%). Participants were asked to complete the identity including general demographic and family-related data, the Forgiveness Scale, the State Hope Scale, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Analyses were conducted using The Man-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis Test. Spearman's rho and descriptive statistics were also used. The results of this study indicate that family-related characteristics have more contribution to differences in hope and satisfaction with life than forgiveness. Forgiveness was only distinguished by housemate and mother's age category. Hope was distinguished by the total number of siblings, parents' marriage status, housemate, father's occupation nature, and both parents' education. Satisfaction with life was distinguished by parents' marriage status, housemate, both parents' occupation nature, and father's education. This study also indicates how the dimensions of forgiveness and the subscales of state hope are specifically related and differentiated according to the familyrelated characteristics observed in this study. In addition, the results of this study indicate the importance of the role of gender differences, especially in the characteristics of fathers and mothers in terms of age, occupation, and education for the various differences of the variables examined in this study.

Suku Samin adalah sekelompok orang yang mengikuti ajaran Samin Surosentiko yang muncul pada masa kolonial Belanda. Masyarakat samin sebagai salah satu kelompok etnik yang ada di Indonesia tentu memiliki nilai-nilai budaya yang berbeda dengan masyarakat lainnya. Modernisasi dalam lingkup masyarakat tradisional akan menimbulkan implikasi terhadap masyarakat tersebut. Penelitian ini bertujuan memahami makna modernisasi bagi Ketua Adat suku Samin yang berada di daerah Tanduran dan untuk mengkonfirmasi bagaimana kebijakan yang diterima oleh sebagian penganut ajaran. Dalam penelitian ini, perkembangan jaman didefinisikan sebagai adanya kemajuan dalam kehidupan yaitu adanya teknologi dan kebijakan pemerintah. Pemilihan partisipan menggunakan teknik purposive sampling dengan kriteria, yakni penduduk asli desa Tanduran dan sebagai kepala suku Samin. Metode penelitian menggunakan penelitian fenomenologis dengan menggunakan wawancara semi terstruktur sebagai metode pengumpulan data. Interpretative phenomenological analysis digunakan sebagai metode analisis data. Penelitian ini dapat menjadikan pengingat perlunya altruisme dan kerukunan dalam kehidupan dimana saat ini sebagai penganut ajaran yang ada di suku Samin sudah semakin pudar, mereka tetap dapat menjaga sikap altruisme dan kerukunan pada siapa saja. Keunikan pada penelitian ini adalah menunjukkan bahwa penganut ajaran di suku Samin memiliki integritas yang kuat dalam altruisme dan menyampingkan tradisi demi terciptanya kerukunan dengan masyarakat lain maupun pemerintah, dimana penganut ajaran sudah mulai menjadi masyarakat modern. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat tiga tema induk, yaitu (1) pengutamaan kerukunan dalam berinteraksi, (2) pemeliharaan ajaran adat, (3) pemberian bantuan tanpa membedakan.

Forgiveness, hope, and satisfaction with life are areas of study in positive psychology, as well as the determinants of mental health in adolescents with family distress experiences. This study aims to investigate the relation of perceived family distress to forgiveness, hope, and satisfaction with life among Indonesian adolescents. Participants were 909 Indonesian students at a vocational high school (MAge=15.93; SDAge=.909; male=60.3%; female=39.7%). Perceived family distress was measured with the Brief Family Distress Scale and mental health conditions were examined using the Forgiveness Scale, the State Hope Scale, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Data were analyzed using Spearman's rho correlation. The results showed that perceived family distress was negatively and significantly related to forgiveness, hope, and satisfaction with life. The three dimensions of forgiveness (self, others, and situations) and agency subscale of hope were negatively predicted by the perceived family distress, but not on the pathway's subscale of hope. While perceived family distress had a weaker relationship with selfforgiveness in male teenagers, perceived family distress in female teenagers was not significantly related to the forgiveness of others. Hope and its agency subscale in male teenagers were not significantly related to perceived family distress, but those correlations in female teenagers showed significant relationships. Both male and female teenagers showed no significant relationship between perceived family distress and the pathways subscale of hope. Forgiveness, hope, and satisfaction with life when analyzed in pairs had a positive and significant relationship. Compared to male teenagers, forgiveness in female teenagers played a greater role in increasing hope and satisfaction with life.