Loneliness
is a mental state that is destructive, a stressful experience, painful and
unpleasant. Loneliness happens when someone doesn't feel the intimate
relationship both quantitatively as well as qualitatively. Loneliness is
divided into two, emotional loneliness and social loneliness. In General,
changes in physical, psychological and cognitive in teenagers sparked various
circumstances that contribute to loneliness. Studies have shown the negative
effects of loneliness such as physical health problems, lack of psychological
well-being, social problems and even trigger teenagers to commit suicide. The
school counsellor should be alert to the symptoms of loneliness at school. In
accordance with its functions, school counsellor has a strategic position to
detect up to cope with the case of the lonely. The qualitative descriptive
study was designed to describe the counsellor's perspective on issues of
loneliness at school. This research used questionnaires that contained
open-ended questions with answer forms exploratory. The respondent was the
school counsellor in secondary school who come from 12 regencies and cities of
five provinces in Indonesia. Result:
most of the school counsellor have not paid special attention to recognizing
lonely students, not knowing their symptoms and effects, and have not learned
yet how to cope. This is indicated by the limited response given by the
counsellor. There was no specific
program to overcome loneliness in their schools. This study provides direction
to those field practitioners, academics, and policymakers to take steps aimed
at increasing the knowledge and skills of school counsellors in dealing with
cases of loneliness. Advanced research on various topics needed to enrich the
study of loneliness in Indonesia.
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Publication Date | December 27, 2017 |
Submission Date | October 1, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2017Volume: 3 Issue: 9 |
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