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