HUBUNGAN PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME DAN EMOTION FOCUSED COPING PADA SISWI SMP

Abstract

Background: PMS condition frequently experienced by women is physical and psychological symptoms. PMS symptoms can be assessed as stressor and estimation of women about this PMS symptoms coping affect to face PMS. Emotion focused coping is the effective coping was used by a woman to face PMS because that women more use emotional than logic or ratio to face stressor is caused that the inside of women’s body there is a limbic system that more active than men. The objective of this research is to investigate the correlation between premenstrual syndrome and emotion focused coping among female students of secondary school. Method: This research used observational design by using approachment cross sectional. Sample was 62 female students that had been selected with criteria of restriction. Data was collected by using SPAF (shortened premenstrual assessment form) scale and PMCM (premenstrual coping measure) scale. The data was analyzed by using Spearman’s correlation. Result: In majority, 34 respondents (54.84%) and most of EFC score between 43-85 is 41 respondents (66.13%), based on the data analysis by using Spearman’s statistical test, a significance value of 0.03 (p<0.05) and coefficient of correlation of 0.272 that shown the strength of weak correlation with a positive correclition. Conclusion: The premenstrual syndrome had a correlation with the emotion focused coping in female students of secondary school.