PENGARUH PELATIHAN DZIKIR TERHADAP PENINGKATAN KEBERMAKNAAN HIDUP PADA MAHASISWA

Abstract

This study was aimed to examine the effect of dzikir training in increase the meaningfulness of life of students. The hypothesis proposed in this study was there is no difference in meaningfulness of life between subjects who participated in dzikir training (Experimental Group) and subjects who did not participate in dzikir training (Control Group). The increase of meaningfulness of life on subjects in experimental group will be higher than those in control group. This study subjected 12 students from late adolescence that was randomly assigned into 2 groups. 6 subjects are in experimental group, and 6 subjects are in control group. The design of this study is a randomized pretest-posttest control group design. Pretest and posttest was measured with a Life Meaningfulness Scale. The result of a non-parametric analysis (Mann-Whitney Test) showed that the meaningfulness of life of the experimental group significantly higher than those of control group (t = 0.046 ;p <0.05), thus the hypothesis is accepted.