The Correlation between Spirituality Level and Emotional Resilience in School-Aged Children in SDN Kayuringin Jaya South Bekasi

ABSTRACT

School-aged children are an age group with unstable emotional resilience. Negative emotional resilience will influence their emotional health. Based on these factors, school-aged children are at risk for a decrease in emotional resilience. Spiritual activity is one coping mechanism for those who have experienced stress because of negative emotional resilience. This research is a correlation study to understand the presence or absence of the relationship between spirituality level and emotional resilience of school-aged children in SDN Kayuringin Jaya VI and SDN Kayuringin Jaya VII, Bekasi Selatan, Indonesia. Respondents were 106 people taken from proportionate stratified. The results of a chi-square test showed a correlation between spirituality level and emotional resilience (p = 0.026). Based on this research, the researchers suggest school institutions optimize spiritual activity in school, which could be used to form positive emotional resilience.

KEYWORDS:

• Spirituality
• emotional resilience
• school-aged children

Acknowledgments

Gratitude is given to all those who have supported this research, especially the Directorate of Research and Community Service (DRPM) UI, which has supported the research through funding, and public elementary school students in Bekasi Regency who were willing to become research respondents.

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Funding

This work is supported by HIBAH PITTA 2018 funded by DRPM Universitas Indonesia NO. 1845/UN2.R3.1/HKP.05.00/2018.