Peningkatan Dukungan Sosial Orang Tua dengan Anak Skizofrenia melalui Solution Focused Therapy

Abstract

Intrusive parental behavior towards children with schizophrenia did not support effort to prevent recurrence and achieve a good quality of life. This research was aimed to improve parental social support through Solution Focused Therapy in order to recover the quality of life for children with schizophrenia. Six parents who had a child with schizophrenia participated to this quasi-experimental research using a pretest-posttest control group design. The Social Support Scale which adapted from Interpersonal Support Evaluation List was used to measure parental support. The participants were divided into experimental and control group. The result of this research showed difference on social support between experimental and control group. Giving Solution Focus Therapy to parents can improve the parental social support for children with schizophrenia. The improvement of parental social support was expected to preserve better quality life of children with schizophrenia in order to relapse prevention.