Assessment and correlates of aloneliness among Indonesian adolescents

Introduction

The goals of this study were to: (1) adapt and validate a measure of aloneliness (Solitude and Aloneliness Scale; SolAS) for use among Indonesian adolescents; (2) examine the associations between aloneliness and indices of well-being in this unique developmental and cultural context; and (3) explore possible grade and gender effects.

Methods

Participants were Indonesian adolescents aged 11-18 years (M = 14.13 years, SD = 1.62; 58.51% girls) who completed self-report assessments of the adapted SolAS (newly created Indonesian translation), as well as indices of adjustment (e.g., well-being, basic psychological need satisfaction).

Results

Among the results, the Indonesian version of the SolAS demonstrated good psychometric properties (e.g., factor structure, good internal reliability) and initial evidence of validity (e.g., significant negative correlations with measures of psychological well-being and basic psychological needs satisfaction). Girls reported higher levels of aloneliness than boys, but no significant grade differences emerged.

Conclusions

The SolAS evidenced good psychometric properties and evidence of validity in a sample of Indonesian adolescents, suggesting it is desirable for cross-cultural research.

Parenting Style and Emotional Well-Being Among Adolescents: The Role of Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Frustration

The research examined the relationship between supportive parenting styles (warmth, structure, and autonomy support) and emotional well-being and whether they are mediated by basic psychological need satisfaction. It also explores thwarting parenting styles (rejection, chaos, and coercion) that may be associated with emotional ill-being, mediated by basic psychological needs frustration. This study involved 394 Indonesian adolescents aged 11–15 years old (49.5% boys, 50.5% girls) as the participants. We employed the structural equation model (SEM) analysis to evaluate the hypotheses. The research found that basic psychological needs satisfaction fully mediated the relationship between supportive parenting styles and emotional well-being; basic psychological needs frustration fully mediated the relationship between thwarting parenting styles and emotional ill-being (Chi-Square = 434.39; df = 220; p = 0.000; RMSEA = 0.05; CFI = 0.91; GFI = 0.91; SRMR = 0.05). Interestingly, the findings indicate that the thwarting parenting style positively influences basic psychological needs satisfaction. The research concludes that supportive parenting enhances the well-being of adolescents by satisfying their basic psychological needs. However, thwarting parental behaviors did not forestall the satisfaction of needs. The way Indonesian adolescents perceived the thwarting parenting style was discussed.

Psychoeducation for breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND

Psychoeducation has emerged as an intervention for women with breast cancer (BC). This meta-analysis evaluated the effectiveness of psychoeducation on adherence to diagnostic procedures and medical treatment, anxiety, depression, quality of life (QoL), and BC knowledge among patients with BC symptoms or diagnosis and BC survivors.

METHODS

A systematic literature search (in PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO and Cochrane) for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing the effects of psychoeducation to control among patients with BC symptoms or diagnosis and BC survivors. Effects were expressed as relative risks (RRs) and standardized mean differences (SMDs) with their 95% confidence intervals.

RESULTS

Twenty-seven RCTs (7742 participants; 3880 psychoeducation and 3862 controls) were included. Compared with controls, psychoeducation had no significant effect on adherence to diagnostic procedures and medical treatment (RR 1.553; 95% CI 0.733 to 3.290, p = .16), but it significantly decreased anxiety (SMD -0.710, 95% CI -1.395 to -0.027, p = .04) and improved QoL with (SMD 0.509; 95% CI 0.096 to 0.923, p < .01). No effects were found for psychoeducation on depression (SMD -0.243, 95% CI -0.580 to 0.091, p = .14), or BC knowledge (SMD 0.718, 95% CI -0.800 to 2.236, p = .23).

CONCLUSION

We demonstrated that psychoeducation did not improve adherence to diagnostic procedures and treatment, depression and BC knowledge but was valuable for reducing anxiety and improving QoL. Future studies may explore the effectiveness of psychoeducation in promoting adherence across various types of cancer.

PERAN ADIKSI INSTAGRAM FEED DAN ADIKSI INSTAGRAM STORY TERHADAP KESEJAHTERAAN SUBJEKTIF MAHASISWA

Instagram adalah salah satu media sosial yang populer di kalangan mahasiswa saat ini. Penggunaan Instagram yang berlebihan dapat memunculkan perilaku adiksi. Adiksi Instagram memiliki dampak negatif terhadap kesejahteraan subjektif mahasiswa. Adiksi Instagram terdiri dari adiksi Instagram Feed dan adiksi Instagram Story. Belum banyak penelitian spesifik mengenai adiksi Instagram Feed dan adiksi Instagram Story serta hubungannya dengan kesejahteraan subjektif mahasiswa. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah terdapat hubungan antara adiksi Instagram Feed dan adiksi Instagram Story dengan kesejahteraan subjektif pada mahasiswa. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif non-eksperimental dengan metode korelasional. Populasi yang diambil adalah mahasiswa aktif Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Padjadjaran tingkat dua hingga tingkat empat dan menggunakan teknik pengambilan sampel acak berstrata dengan jumlah responden 82 orang. Alat ukur yang digunakan adalah adiksi Instagram Feed Scale, Instagram Story Addiction Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale, dan Scale of Positive and Negative Experience. Pengambilan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan kuesioner secara daring. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan negatif antara adiksi Instagram Feed dengan kesejahteraan subjektif pada mahasiswa yang memiliki kecenderungan adiksi Instagram Feed.

Kesulitan pengambilan keputusan karier pada siswa di daerah rural: Bagaimana peran dukungan sosial?

AbstractThe process of making decisions about careers by students tends to make them difficult, especially for students in rural areas. The perception of social support obtained from the environment namely, parents, teachers, classmates, and close friends are the things that may help students make a career decision. This study conducted to explore the relationship between perceived social support and career decision-making difficulties junior high school students in a rural area. Two measurement instruments used namely Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale (CASSS) and Career Decision Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ). In the CASSS, there are two scales, values, and frequency. Data collected from 9th-grade junior high school students in the rural area (n= 242) with multistage cluster sampling techniques. The results of the study used the Spearman correlation test showed that the perception of social support value from parents and teachers is negatively correlated with difficulty in making career decisions. In contrast, the frequency scale of social support from classmates and close friends resulted in a positive relationship. The more frequent students get social support, the more difficult for them to make a decision. In conclusion, social support helped the student to decrease their career decision-making difficulties. However, the frequencies of the support have not higher than their expectation. Keywords:  Career decision making difficulties, Junior high school students, Perceived social support, Rural AbstrakProses pengambilan keputusan karier yang dilakukan siswa cenderung membuatnya kesulitan, terutama siswa di daerah rural. Persepsi dukungan sosial dari lingkungan sekitar yaitu, orang tua, guru, teman sekelas dan teman dekat adalah salah satu hal yang dapat membantu siswa membuat keputusan karier. Penelitian dilakukan untuk melihat hubungan persepsi dukungan sosial dari keempat sumber dengan kesulitan pengambilan keputusan karier siswa kelas 9 daerah rural. Terdapat dua alat ukur yang digunakan yaitu, Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale (CASSS) dan Career Decision Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ). CASSS membagi dua skala dalam alat ukurnya, skala value dan frekuensi. Pengambilan data dilakukan pada siswa kelas 9 daerah rural (n = 242), dengan teknik multistage cluster sampling. Hasil penelitian menggunakan uji korelasi spearman menunjukkan persepsi value dukungan sosial orang tua dan guru berkorelasi negatif dengan kesulitan pengambilan keputusan karier, sedangkan skala frekuensi dukungan sosial teman sekelas dan teman dekat berkorelasi positif. Semakin sering siswa mendapatkan dukungan sosial, semakin sulit dalam membuat keputusan. Sebaliknya, jika siswa memiliki value yang lebih tinggi untuk dukungan sosial, semakin rendah kesulitan pengambilan keputusan kariernya. Secara umum dapat disimpulkan, pada dasarnya dukungan sosial dapat menurunkan kesulitan pengambilan keputusan. Hanya saja, frekuensi dukungan yang diberikan tidak boleh melebihi apa yang dibutuhkan oleh Individu.Kata kunci:  Kesulitan pengambilan keputusan karier; Persepsi dukungan sosial; Rural; Siswa Sekolah Menengah Pertama

Make Self-help Psychoeducational Programs for Breast Cancer Patients COVID-19 Proof

The Covid-19 pandemic has significant consequences for the many self-help psychoeducational programs for patients with cancer (symptoms), especially in Low-Middle-Income Countries. We recommend several measures to adapt these programs to the COVID-19 era, such as the use of mobile versions, the addition of preventive measures to be taken by health care providers and patients concerning a hospital visit and the inclusion of psychological advice for coping with COVID-19 related stress. In this way, the double task of preventing the (progression of the) target disease and a contamination by COVID-19 might be optimally fulfilled.

A self-help intervention for reducing time to diagnosis in Indonesian women with breast cancer symptoms

Objective

We investigated the effectiveness of a self‐help intervention named PERANTARA, which aims to improve adherence to diagnostic procedures among women with breast cancer (BC) symptoms to reduce the time to a definitive diagnosis.

Methods

With a cluster randomized crossover design across four hospitals, PERANTARA and treatment as usual (TAU) or TAU only was provided at successive periods in a randomly determined order. The main outcome was the time between the first medical consultation and the definitive diagnosis. Secondary outcomes were BC knowledge, measured by the Breast Cancer Knowledge Test (BCKT); symptoms of anxiety and depression, measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS); quality of life, measured by the World Health Organization Quality of Life‐BREF (WHOQOL‐BREF); and health status, measured by the EQ‐5D‐5L. A linear mixed model analysis was conducted to analyse the outcomes.

Results

We recruited 132 women with BC symptoms from four hospitals; 67 participants were in the intervention group, and 65 participants were in the control group. PERANTARA reduced the time to definitive diagnosis by 13.3 days (M [SD]: 25.90 [23.20] in the intervention group vs 39.29 [35.10] in the control group; mean difference = −13.26, 95% CI = −24.51 to −2.00, P = .02). No significant difference was found between the groups in BC knowledge, symptoms of anxiety, depression, quality of life, or health status.

Conclusions

PERANTARA reduced the time to definitive diagnosis among Indonesian women with BC symptoms. Psychoeducation may be an important addition to regular BC care to prevent undue delays in diagnostic procedures.