Abstract :
The mountain eruption disaster can cause psychological trauma in
school-age children, one of which is stress. One method that can reduce stress
is recreational therapy: story telling and coloring therapy. The based on of the
preliminary study at faoundation Annur Sumberurip Pronojiwo Lumajang
found that 6 out of 10 respondents of school-age children experienced severe
stress. This study aims to analyze differences in stress levels in school-age
children before and after recreational therapy: story telling and coloring
therapy in the treatment group and control group.
This type of research used Quasy Experiment Pre test-Posttest With
Control Group Design. The independent variable was recreational therapy:
story telling and coloring therapy, and dependent variable was stress level. The
study population was 52 respondents, the sample of 17 treatment groups and
17 control groups used simple random sampling technique. The instrument
used PSS questionnaire. Statistical tests using Paired T-test and independent ttest with ? 0.05.
The results of the study using paired t-test showed that there was a
difference in stress levels in the treatment group before and after being given
story telling therapy with P value (0.000) ? ? 0.05 and there was a difference
in stress levels in the control group before and after being given coloring
therapy with p value (0.000) ? ? 0.05. Based on the results of the independent
T-test statistical test p value (1,000) ? 0.05, there was no difference between
the treatment group and the control group.
It is recommended that this research be used as comparative data for
future researchers in carrying out research related to stress levels. And for
school-age children to pay more attention to stress levels by doing story telling
and coloring therapy as an effort to prevent severe stress levels.