EFEKTIVITAS SHALAT TAHAJUD DALAM MENGURANGI TINGKAT STRES SANTRI

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of praying tahajud in reducing stress pupils of “Y” Islamic Boarding School Bekasi West Java. This study is a non-randomized experimental pretest-posttest control group design. There are two research hypothesis, the first existing is individual differences in stress levels prayer group and non perform praying tahajud group, and the second hypothesis is that there are individual differences in stress levels of praying tahajud performer before and after praying tahajud, performer praying tahajud has lower stress than before performing praying tahajud. The research sample of 30 students, which consisted of 15 students in the experimental group and 15 students in the control group. Data were collected using a scale of psychology which consists of two aspects: biological and psychological. The results of the stress test of the validity of the scale there are 44 valid item (α = 0.953), and analyzed using paired t test and independent sample test. Posttest results between groups of experimentation and control group obtained t count equal to -5.042 with p equal to 0.000 (p <0.05), which means that the level of students stress with performer praying tahajud group lower than the non-performer praying tahajud group. The results of pretest and posttest experimental group obtained t value of 10.821 with p equal to 0.000 (p <0.05), which means there is a decrease in the level of individual stress after praying tahajud compared with before praying tahajud. So praying tahajud effective to reduce the stress level of pupils of “Y” Islamic Boarding School pupils aat Bekasi West Java.