PERAN INTERAKSI SOSIAL TERHADAP KEPUASAN HIDUP LANJUT USIA
Abstract: A person’s mental,
social functioning and psychological also health will decreased during the late
adulthood phase. Those are the obstacles for the people who want to feel the
enjoyment of life. People will assume that they have high life satisfaction
when they still did the daily activity that they used to do. One of the thing
that can make people satisfy with their life is social interaction. Social
interaction happened in many aspect of our life not only just in family but
also in bigger social life such as neighborhoods, friends, friends at work,
etc. The form of social interaction are say hello, smile, and also when a
person take a part in problem solving process . This research is a quantitative
research using simple regression analysis and using purposive sample technique
as the technique sample. Subject in this research are a person age 60 till 80
years old. The instrument in this research is social interaction scale with 15
items and the coefficient reliability = 0,788. The result of this research is
show R= 0,001 (p<0,05) thus can be stated that there is a relationship
between social interaction with life satisfaction of a late adulthood, which
means that the higher social interaction of a person will make a high life
satisfaction to their life but if a person have low social interaction, the
life satisfaction will be low too. R square = 0,101 which means that the social
interaction have contributed 10,1% toward life satisfaction. 100 subject in
this research are the people who have a good social interaction and life
satisfaction.
Penulis: Luh Putu Wiwin
Fitriyadewi, Luh Made Karisma Sukmayanti Suarya
Kode Jurnal: jppsikologiperkembangan160053
