The Ability to Interact with Schizophrenic Patients through Socialization Group Activity Therapy

Abstract

Social isolation is a disorder of interpersonal relationships that occurs due to an inflexible personality, whichcauses maladaptive behavior and interferes with one’s function in relationships. One of the nursing actionsfor schizophrenic patients with social isolation is Socialization Group Activity Therapy. Socialization GroupActivity Therapy is an effort to facilitate socialization skills in schizophrenia patients with social relationshipproblems. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of socialization group activity therapy onthe ability to interact with schizophrenic clients. The research design used one group pre-post test design,the sampling technique used was purposive sampling and the total sample was 21 respondents. The abilityto interact socially was measured using a questionnaire sheet before and after therapy using a paired sampletest. The analysis showed that there was a significant effect with p = 0.014 (p <0.05). The conclusion is thatSocialization Group Activity Therapy is one of the effective therapies to improve the interaction ability ofschizophrenic patients.