Pengaruh Terapi Tertawa Terhadap Stres Psikososial Pada Usia LanjuDi Wirosaban Rw Xiv Sorosutan, Umbulharjo, Yogyakartat

ABSTRACT Psychosocial factor is being a heavy problem in the elderly life that influences their physic, mental and psychosocial conditions. The objective of this study was aimed to analyze the influence of laugh therapy to psychosocial stress in the elderly in Wirosaban RW XIV Sorosutan, Umbulharjo, Yogyakarta. This study was quantitative research using control group, pre test â post test design with experimental approach. The respondents were taken with multistage sampling from 100 elderly into 26 elderly, Experimental group are given laugh therapy twice a week and control group either. Psychosocial stress was measured with Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) and differentiation of psychosocial stress between experimental group and control group was measured with pair t test. Pair t test showed that there was significance influence p=0.00 in experimental group in both post test and pair t test. It showed that there wasn\u27t significance influence p=0.518 in second post test. The result also indicated that 9 person (69.23%) in experiment group were showing decrease level of psychosocial stress and another three person (23.08%) in control group. There is an influence of laugh therapy to psychosocial stress in the elderly in Wirosaban RW XIV Sorosutan, Umbulharjo, Yogyakarta. Key words: laugh therapy, psychosocial stress, elderl