Research Article
The Relation between Monday and Thursday Fasting towards Emotional Intelligence (EI): A Preliminary Report
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.20-10-2020.2305136, author={Sayid Ridho and Hamka Hasan and Akbar Maulana AK and Annisa Futihandayani and Desy Islamiati and Fadhilah Suralaga}, title={The Relation between Monday and Thursday Fasting towards Emotional Intelligence (EI): A Preliminary Report}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd International Colloquium on Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies, ICIIS 2020, 20-21 October 2020, Jakarta, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICIIS}, year={2021}, month={4}, keywords={monday-thursday fasting ei mental health}, doi={10.4108/eai.20-10-2020.2305136} }- Sayid Ridho
Hamka Hasan
Akbar Maulana AK
Annisa Futihandayani
Desy Islamiati
Fadhilah Suralaga
Year: 2021
The Relation between Monday and Thursday Fasting towards Emotional Intelligence (EI): A Preliminary Report
ICIIS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.20-10-2020.2305136
Abstract
Mental health disorders are easily experienced by medical students, which can be aided by enhancing emotional intelligence (EI), that can be trained by Monday and Thursday fasting. This preliminary report was done as an early step to becoming a reference for advanced study, as the researcher pursues. This study aimed to investigate the relation between Monday and Thursday fasting towards EI. The Method of this study was analytical cross-section with one-time data retrieval. 50 subjects were chosen randomly and divided similarly into fasting and non-fasting group. EI scores were measured and analyzed by the Chi-square test. Resulting in 33 subjects with Good (66.0%), 6 with Very Good (12.0%), 7 with Pretty Good (14%), and 4 subjects with Not Good EI level (8%). EI score enhancement in the fasting group compared to the non- fasting group was significant with p<0.05. Based on the results, we found that Monday and Thursday fasting has a significant relation to EI.