Implementation of gratitude therapy and positive thinking training to manage adolescent anxiety at the Masjid Alwalidaian Mejing Wetan Gamping Sleman
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https://doi.org/10.18196/ictced.v1i2.87Abstract
Abstract. Teenagers of Alwalidain Mosque felts stressed at home because of various problems, ranging from being scolded by their parents, feeling pressured, and feeling many demands. Teenagers experienced anxiety disorders so that they became private, were rebellious, often lied to their parents, and got angry easily. The aim of this program is to improve adolescents' skills in managing anxiety with gratitude therapy and positive thinking exercises, which were held in three meetings. A total of 18 youths involved in this mentoring program. The mentoring method was given in three stages namely pretest, program implementation, and post-test. The results obtained showed a significant change in the adolescents’ ability to control anxiety signified with the score of the Wilcoxon asym.sig 2 tailed analysis of 0.000 and a z score of -3.734. This shows that gratitude therapy and positive thinking exercises can improve adolescents' ability to manage anxiety.
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