EXPRESSIVE WRITING SEBAGAI TERAPI UNTUK MENINGKATKAN PENERIMAAN DIRI DAN EMOSI POSITIF PADA REMAJA BERPENYAKIT KRONIS

Adolescents with chronic illness tend to develop low self-acceptance and dominated by negative emotions rather than positive emotions. This can cause adolescents to have difficulty interacting with others and unable to accept the condition of the illness suffered so that it is depressed and stressed. The purpose of this study was to 1) determine the effect of expressive writing on self-acceptance and positive emotion in adolescents with chronic illness, and 2) find out the comparison between selfacceptance and positive emotions in adolescents with chronic ill after being given expressive writing. The study design used a randomized pretest posttest control group design. The subjects of the study were 8 adolescents, aged between 12-18, male and female, as well as suffering from DM Type I. Subject collection using purposive sampling techniques. Subject grouping using random assignment techniques. Data collection using a Self-Acceptance Scale to measure the level of self-acceptance consisting of 6 items and the Positive affect and Negative affect Scale (PANAS) to measure the level of positive emotions consisting of 10 positive items. Data analysis using non-parametric analysis is the Wilcoxon test and the Mann-Whitney test. Hypothesis test results show a significant difference between the experimental group and the control group. Differences can be seen in the increase in pretest and posttest scores significantly, so it can be concluded that expressive writing therapy can increase self-acceptance and positive emotions in adolescents with DM Type I