The Risk and Protective Factor in the Resilience Development of Indonesian Navy Soldier’s Wives
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210423.049How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- resilience, risk factor, protective factor, Indonesian Navy soldier’s wives
- Abstract
One of the stressors for soldier’s wife that potentially affect their mental health is the deployment or assignment of their husband for 3-12 months apart from his wife and children. Wives of soldiers must have resilience, the ability to survive or bounce back from the stresses of life. The aim of this study is to evaluate the risk and protective factor in the resilience development of Indonesian Navy soldier’s wives during the deployment of husbands. This study used a qualitative case study approach. The respondents were 7 wives of Indonesian Navy soldiers whose husbands were on duty or had served for 3 months or more, and had been married for at least 1 year. The data interpretation technique used interpretative thematic analysis. The study results showed three sources of protective factors, including individual, family, and environmental character. The biggest risk factor was when the child become sick or the wives themselves is sick. The internal protective resilience factors including independence, sociability, humorous, skills, and work experience. The external protective resilience factor including social support, mainly from the family (parents or in-law).
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Wiwik Triwidiyanti AU - R Yusti Probowati AU - Andrian Pramadi PY - 2021 DA - 2021/04/24 TI - The Risk and Protective Factor in the Resilience Development of Indonesian Navy Soldier’s Wives BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Psychological Studies (ICPSYCHE 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 337 EP - 341 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210423.049 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210423.049 ID - Triwidiyanti2021 ER -