GAMBARAN HARGA DIRI LANSIA

Abstract

Lansia pada umumnya memiliki dorongan kemauan yang masih kuat, akan tetapi terkadang realisasinya tidak dapat dilaksanakan, karena kelemahan, keterbatasan fungsional, dan ketidak mampuan, yang ditimbulkan akibat dari proses menua. Keterbatasan yang dimiliki akan menimbulkan keraguan dan ketidakpercayaan diri pada lansia. Lansia di panti pelayanan sosial lanjut usia sebagian besar merasa malu dan sakit-sakitan, namun ada juga yang merasa bersyukur masih ada yang merawat. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui gambaran harga diri lansia di Panti Pelayanan Sosial Lanjut Usia Cepiring. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain deskriptif observasional dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 31 lansia yang diambil melalui teknik purposive sampling. Alat ukur penelitian ini menggunakan kuesioner Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Harga diri lansia di Panti Pelayanan Sosial Lanjut Usia Cepiring Kendal sebagian besar mengalami harga diri rendah yaitu sebesar 18 orang (58,1%). Sebagian besar lansia merasa bahwa kadang – kadang tidak baik sama sekali (77,4 %)dan terkadang merasa sangat tidak berguna sebanyak 67,7 %.

Kata kunci: harga diri, lansia

DESCRIBE ELDERLY SELF-ESTEEM

ABSTRACT

Elderly people generally have a strongpower, but sometimes the realization cannot be carried out, because of weaknesses, functional limitations, and disabilities, which result from the aging process. Limitations that are owned will cause doubt and self-mistrust in the elderly. The elderly in Cepiring Elderly Care Centre mostly feel shy and sick, but there are also those who feel grateful that there are still carers. The purpose of this study was to describe elderly self-esteem at the Elderly Care Centre. This study used a descriptive observational design with a sample of 31 elderly people taken through a purposive sampling technique. The measuring instrument of this study used the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale questionnaire. The self-esteem of the elderly in the Elderly care centre mostly experienced low self-esteem, amounting to 18 people (58.1%). Most elderly people feel that sometimes it is not good (77.4%) and sometimes feel very useless as much as 67.7%.

Keywords: self-esteem, elderly