Risk Perception and Coping Strategy Towards the Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesia
A Survey on the Government Employees in the Ministry of Education and Culture
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210423.085How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- perception, coping strategy, covid-19, Indonesia introduction
- Abstract
The differences in risk perception regarding the pandemic will cause different responses to the situation or condition which will affect someone’s mental health and person’s protection to their health. Lazarus and Folkman, stated two types of coping strategies, namely Problem-Focused Coping (PFC) and Emotion-Focused Coping (EFC). Based on the results of previous studies, the EFC strategy was correlated with the emergence of negative emotions which affected mental health. This study applied a quantitative method, aimed at exploring perceptions and coping strategies of the COVID-19 pandemic in the government employees of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Republic of Indonesia. The data was conducted by an online survey for one week, with the incidental sampling technique. Two questionnaires were developed, consisted of a risk perception questionnaire of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a coping strategy questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted to examine the perceptual trends and coping strategies of the participants. The results of this study are useful for providing health promotion and counseling for during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the Ministry of Education and Culture, Republic of Indonesia.
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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 - Wahyu Nurhayati AU - Septian Dwi Cahyo AU - Irma Auliah PY - 2021 DA - 2021/04/26 TI - Risk Perception and Coping Strategy Towards the Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesia BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Educational Assessment and Policy (ICEAP 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 185 EP - 189 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210423.085 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210423.085 ID - Nurhayati2021 ER -