Proceedings of the 2nd Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities and Social Sciences, BIS-HSS 2020, 18 November 2020, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia

Research Article

Resilience of Students in Bhayangkara Jakarta Raya University whom had Character Building Program in Facing Covid-19 Pandemic

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.18-11-2020.2311807,
        author={Rika  Fitriyana and Sarita Candra  Merida},
        title={Resilience of Students in Bhayangkara Jakarta Raya University whom had Character Building Program in Facing Covid-19 Pandemic},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities and Social Sciences, BIS-HSS 2020, 18 November 2020, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={BIS-HSS},
        year={2021},
        month={9},
        keywords={character building pandemic resilience},
        doi={10.4108/eai.18-11-2020.2311807}
    }
    
  • Rika Fitriyana
    Sarita Candra Merida
    Year: 2021
    Resilience of Students in Bhayangkara Jakarta Raya University whom had Character Building Program in Facing Covid-19 Pandemic
    BIS-HSS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.18-11-2020.2311807
Rika Fitriyana1,*, Sarita Candra Merida1
  • 1: Faculty of Psychology, University of Bhayangkara Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
*Contact email: rika.fitriyana@dsn.ubharajaya.ac.id

Abstract

Since March 2020, Indonesia has been fighting Covid-19 pandemic that effects people’s live in almost all aspects. Difficulties are inevitable and to survive, human must have to ability to bounce back from adversity, frustration, and misfortune. In Bhayangkara Jakarta Raya University, every students learn about character building which contains several themes such as problem solving and empathy. Thus themes were aimed to help them shaping good quality within. This study aimed to find out the level of resilience of students in this pandemic situation. Method of this research was descriptive statistic to analyze information about the level of students’ resilience. Online questionare were given (N=127) in order to collect data needed for this research. Based on data analysis, 81,1% students were able to bounce back and handle difficulties they met during this pandemic. Character Building as a subject on college helped students develop resilience within.