STOOD ON SOLID GROUND: LIFE HISTORY RESILIENSI IBU YANG MEMILIKI ANAK ADHD (ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER)
Abstract
Every mother definitely has a desire to see her child grows up well. The situation
becomes not easy when the mother recognizes that her child is ADHD (Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). The focus of this research is a housewife named
Weny, she has been struggling to raise her eight years old son. The purpose of
this research is to identify the resilience of mother with ADHD child. This
research used a qualitative design with life history method. The result of this
research shows that resilience process begins from the initial pressure condition,
followed by an acceptance process, until the subject gets the resilience aspect
sucessfully. There are many problems the mother should face until she can defend
and become resilience. The religion value is the strength factor to bring the
subject becomes a resilience person. This research reveals the emergence of
religious coping in the resilience process. The resilience aspects found in the
subject are emotion regulation, impulse control, casual analysis, self-efficacy,
realistic optimism, empathy and reaching out. This research is expected to help
mothers with ADHD child to survive from adversity