Ramadhani, Hetti Sari and Pudjibudojo, Jatie Kusmiati Kusna and Pandjaitan, Lena Nessyana (2021) Kekuatan Karakter Mahasiswa di Tengah Pandemi Covid-19. Journal An-Nafs: Kajian Penelitian Psikologi, 6 (2). pp. 293-303. ISSN 2549-6166 (Online), ISSN 2528-0600 (Print)
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Abstract
The main challenge for educational institutions in the middle of the pandemic is fostering students to maintain character strengths in poor conditions. Various difficulties come quickly, such as changes in the online learning system, strict health protocols that apply to the threat of viruses that are scary all the time. Character strengths have a broad impact on life satisfaction, subjective well-being, friendly relationships, and academic success. This study aims to determine the condition of initial student character strengths, especially those who have just entered college, as positive traits used in dealing with changes during the COVID-19 pandemic and contribute to the development of character strengths theory. Peterson-Seligman. The research subjects were 145 students who filled out the 72-item VIA-IS scale online and analyzed using descriptive analysis. The results showed that most early students had high character strengths (68.3%) and responded to change by highlighting their signature strengths of kindness, humor, love, honesty, and gratitude. This research is expected to describe the strength of character as an effort to adapt to change in the middle of the covid-19 pandemic. Tantangan utama bagi institusi pendidikan di tengah pandemi adalah membina peserta didik untuk tetap memiliki kekuatan karakter di tengah kondisi yang tidak menguntungkan. Berbagai kesulitan datang secara cepat seperti perubahan sistem pembelajaran daring, protokol kesehatan ketat yang berlaku hingga ancaman virus yang menakutkan sepanjang waktu. Kekuatan karakter berdampak luas pada kepuasan hidup, subjective well being, hubungan persahabatan dan keberhasilan akademik Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kondisi kekuatan karakter mahasiswa terutama yang baru memasuki perguruan tinggi, sebagai sifat positif yang digunakan dalam menghadapi perubahan yang terjadi di tengah pandemi covid-19 serta berkontribusi pada pengembangan teori character strengths Peterson-Seligman. Subjek penelitian adalah 145 mahasiswa yang mengisi skala VIA-IS 72 aitem secara online dan dianalis menggunakan analisa deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa mahasiswa awal mayoritas memiliki kekuatan karakter yang tinggi (68,3%) serta menyikapi perubahan dengan menonjolkan karakter inti (signature strengths) kebaikan, humor, cinta, jujur, dan bersyukur. Penelitian ini diharapkan memberi kontribusi dalam menggambarkan kekuatan karakter sebagai upaya adaptasi perubahan di tengah pandemi covid-19.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | character strengths, students, covid-19 pandemic |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Psychology > Department of Psychology |
Depositing User: | Ester Sri W. 196039 |
Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2022 08:05 |
Last Modified: | 03 Nov 2022 08:05 |
URI: | http://repository.ubaya.ac.id/id/eprint/42841 |
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