- Author: Rina Tri Agustini
- From: Universitas Airlangga
Abstract:
World population growth must be accompanied by increasing quality of human societies. Age Projection Structure of Indonesian Population on 2010-2035 based on Bappenas et al in 2013 showed that productive age between 20-24 years old have being increased continously (Jalal, 2014). Those ages were including age of students according to School Enrollment Rate (BPS, 2015). Therefore, need to be concern in roles of educational institution that health is one of it goals. In this case, college must to maintain and improve health of students. Besides, expansion of interregional students lead to increasing cross-cultural students, trigerring culture shock that can affect their health. So that, required to identify their coping effort in dealing with the health effect of culture shock. Transactional Model of Stress and Coping Theory by Lazarus and Folkman (1984) in Glanz et al (2008) were used to identify it. This study was a descriptive qualitative study with observasional approach and cross sectional study. Informants were non Javanese students on second semester in Universitas Airlangga. Study included of culture shock?s screening, indepth interview, and triangulated by Focuss Group Discussion. Data were analyzed by reduction, narration, and conclusion. Primary appraisal shows that most of informants said they felt severely suffered of culture shock as well as they felt susceptible suffered of it. Secondary appraisal shows that all of informants are able to control over the culture shock experience. While, most of them are able to control emotion that caused of it. Due to both appraisal, had been known that they have done coping efforts in dealing with effects of physical, mental, and social health. Social support was received from friends and the local community. So, educational institutions could be make the result of coping efforts analysis as a basis for decide on related policies. Besides, migrants can use it as preventive and promotive effort.
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