Electronic Theses and Dissertation

Bencana Tsunami Aceh 2004 menimbulkan kerugian fisik, material, serta dampak psikologis jangka panjang bagi penyintas. Dua dekade setelah peristiwa tersebut, sebagian penyintas berperan sebagai pengasuh lansia dan menghadapi tekanan pengasuhan yang masih relevan untuk diteliti. Penelitian ini bertujuan menilai pengaruh sikap mencari bantuan psikologis terhadap beban pengasuhan pada pengasuh lansia penyintas tsunami di Aceh Besar. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan desain potong lintang (cross-sectional). Sebanyak 78 responden dipilih melalui purposive sampling dengan kriteria pengasuh lansia penyintas tsunami berusia minimal 25 tahun. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) untuk mengukur beban pengasuhan dan Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Short Form (ATSPPH-SF) untuk mengukur sikap mencari bantuan psikologis, sedangkan analisis data dilakukan dengan regresi linier. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sikap mencari bantuan psikologis berpengaruh negatif terhadap beban pengasuhan dengan kontribusi sebesar 5,1 persen dalam menjelaskan variasinya. Temuan tersebut mengindikasikan bahwa sikap positif mencari bantuan psikologis berperan menurunkan beban pengasuhan, meskipun pengaruhnya relatif kecil. Dengan demikian, sikap mencari bantuan psikologis bukanlah satu-satunya faktor yang memengaruhi beban pengasuhan, sehingga penelitian lanjutan perlu memperhatikan variabel lain yang tidak diteliti dalam penelitian ini.

The 2004 Aceh tsunami caused physical and material losses as well as long-term psychological impacts on survivors. Two decades after the disaster, some survivors continue to serve as caregivers for older adults and experience caregiving strain that remains relevant to investigate. This study aimed to examine the effect of attitudes toward seeking psychological help on caregiver burden among caregivers of older adult tsunami survivors in Aceh Besar. A quantitative study with a cross-sectional design was conducted. A total of 78 respondents were selected through purposive sampling, with the criteria of being caregivers of older adult tsunami survivors and at least 25 years old. Data were collected using the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) to measure caregiver burden and the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help–Short Form (ATSPPH-SF) to assess attitudes toward seeking psychological help, while data were analyzed using linear regression. The results showed that attitudes toward seeking psychological help had a negative effect on caregiver burden, explaining for 5.1 percent of its variance. These findings indicate that attitudes toward seeking psychological help play a role in reducing caregiver burden, although the effect is relatively small. Therefore, attitudes toward seeking psychological help are not the only factor influencing caregiver burden and the future studies should consider other variables that were not examined in this study.