ISSN:2548-4044 Psikoislamedia Jurnal Psikologi Volume 08 Nomor 02, 2023 Copyright@2023 Hak Cipta dilindungi Undang-Undang I 132 STRESS MANAGEMENT INTERVENTION IN CAREGIVERS OF PEOPLE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AT PUSKESMAS X YOGYAKARTA Iyulen Pebry Zuanny 1 , Mar’atul Husna 2 Faculty of Psychology Ar-Raniry Islamic State University Banda Aceh 1 , Gajah Mada University Psychologist Professional Program 2 e-mail: iyulenpebry@ar-raniry.ac.id 1 , maratul.khusna.psi@gmail.com 2 Received : 30 August 2023 Accepted : 29 September 2023 Published : 30 October 2023 DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.22373/psikoislamedia.v8i2.19811 ABSTRACT Being a caregiver for patients with schizophrenia is not easy. Physically, caregivers certainly experience fatigue and sometimes get sick or drop. Psychologically, caregivers experience stress, anxiety, fear and others. As for the behavior shown such as anger, aggression, apathy and others. In the social aspect, of course the caregiver feels embarrassed, cornered, threatened and many other impacts. The results of the assessment using the Subjective units of Distress Scale (1-10) conducted on 6 caregivers who visited X health center, showed stress scores that were in the medium and high categories. This was reinforced by an interview with one of the caregivers and health workers at the health center. One of the efforts to reduce the stress condition of caregivers can be through psychological intervention, namely stress management. This study aims to see the effect of stress management intervention on caregivers of people with schizophrenia. This study used a quasi-experimental approach with a one group pretest postest design. The sampling technique used purposive sampling. The results showed that there was a change in stress conditions after being given the intervention with an average decrease of 3 points. Keywords: Stres Management, Caregiver, Skizofrenia INTERVENSI MANAJEMEN STRESS PADA PENGASUH PASIEN DENGAN GANGGUAN SKIZOPRENIA DI PUSKESMAS X DI JOGYAKARTA ABSTRAK Menjadi pendamping atau caregiver pasien skizofrenia bukanlah hal yang mudah. Secara fisik, caregiver akan mengalami kelelahan dan terkadang jatuh sakit. Secara psikologis muncul stress, kecemasan, ketakutan dan lainnya. Dari segi perilaku caregiver dapat marah, kasar, agresi dan juga apatis. Pada aspek sosial, tentu muncul rasa malu, terasing dan banyak dampak lainnya. Hasil asesmen menggunakan Subjective units of Distress Scale (1- 10) pada 6 caregiver yang rutin berkunjung ke Puskesmas menunjukkan bahwa nilai stress berada pada kategori sedang dan tinggi. Hal ini diperkuat dari hasil wawancara dengan seorang caregiver dan pernyataan pertugas kesehatan di puskesmas tersebut. Intervensi manajemen stress adalah salah satu upaya untuk menurunkan kondisi stress pada caregiver dapat melalui intervensi psikologi salah satunya manajemen stress. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat pengaruh intervensi manajemen stress terhadap caregiver pasien skizofrenia. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuasi eksperimen dengan one group pretest postest design. Teknik sampling dalam penelitian ini menggunakan purposive sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat perubahan kondisi stress setelah diberikan intervensi dengan rata-rata peningkatan 3 poin. Kata Kunci: Stres Management, Caregiver, Skizofrenia