Kematangan sosial dan problem focused coping pada laki-laki usia dewasa awal

Abstract

In early adulthood which full of various changes, it has the potential to cause many stressors. A good problem solving skill is needed to overcome the stressor. Problem focused coping is one of the best way to solve a problem. On the other hand, social maturity seemed to affect a person in the use of problem focused coping to solve a problem. The purpose of this research is to find out social maturity’s influence towards problem focused coping in early adulthood men. This research uses purposive sampling as the technique of sampling, involving 121 male workers with the age range between 18-25 years old and were working. The measuring instrument used in this research is the scale of social maturity and problem focused coping scale. The data are analysed with simple linear regression. Results of this research showed that there is a significant influence between social maturity and problem focused coping in early adulthood men that works in Jakarta.

Keywords

• social maturity
• problem focused coping
• stress