EFEKTIVITAS PELATIHAN KECAKAPAN HIDUP (LIFE SKILLS) TERHADAP TINGKAT DEPRESI REMAJA DI SMPN 2 KASIHAN

Adolescent is a phase of change in a person. Many factor varieties of stress from internal and external which can influence emotions of adolescent. Mood disorder is one expression that often appears in adolescent when got some stress, such as depression. Severe and prolonged depression in adolescent can interfere with the normal functioning of adolescent. Therefore, varying methods are needed to deal with depression. This study tried one method that aims similar to other known methods, it was life skills training. This study is a quasi experimental study design with pretest posttest control group design involving two groups, intervention and control groups. Each group were consisted by 36 of study subject that was taken from SMPN 2 Kasihan. Both groups were given questionnaire for the pre-test and post-test with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), then the intervention group given life skills training. The hypothesis of this study was tested by the Wilcoxon Rank Test. This study got result of the depression levels of the intervention group and the control group at pre test were 38,89% and 5,56%, that means the depression levels of intervention group was higher than control group. The final results of the study showed a significant decrease in the level of depression in the intervention group, whereas the control group didQ¶W. Significant value for the intervention group was p=0.001(p <0.05) and values for the control group was p=0.414(p> 0.05). This suggests that life skills training (life skills) is effective to reduce the level of adolescent depression.