PENGARUH MINDFULNESS TERHADAP TINGKAT STRES IBU PRIMIGRAVIDA

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ABSTRACT Siti Munawaroh The Effects of Mindfulness on Stress Level among Primigravida Women xviii + 75 pages + 19 appendixes + 8 tables + 4 images + 3 charts The first pregnancy can cause stress on the mother that can affect the mother and the baby so it requires special intervention. Mindfulness is a safe and effective intervention during pregnancy, with awareness of the problems faced and coping with stress independently. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of mindfulness on stress level of primigravida mother. This type of research is a quasi experiment pre and post test without control group using a sample of 30 people in the intervention group taken by purposive sampling. This research instrument uses a modified stress questionnaire (DASS 42). Data were analyzed using Wilcoxon test. The results showed a decrease in the level of stress before primigravida was performed mindfulness 3.3% of mothers experienced mild stress, 70.0% of mothers experienced moderate stress, 26.7% of mothers experienced severe stress, after being given mindfulness training in the post test as much as 20.0% mild stress, 66.7% moderate stress and 13.3% severe stress. This shows the effect of mindfulness which is significant on reducing stress levels of primigravida mothers with p-value = 0,000 (p-value <0.05). Mindfulness intervention is very useful if done independently and can be used as an alternative intervention to overcome psychological problems, especially stress experienced by pregnant women Keywords : Mindfulness, Stress Level, Primigravida References : 83 (1994 – 2018)