Meso Abnormal Personality Disorders : Culture Bound Syndrome of Javanese Man in Meranti District Asahan Regency with Psychological Anthropology Analysis

Puspitawati Puspitawati; Dedi Andriansyah; Trisni Andayani; Nando Lesmana; Nur Putra

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Innovation in Education, Science and Culture, ICIESC 2021, 31 August 2021, Medan, North Sumatera Province, Indonesia

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Meso Abnormal Personality Disorders : Culture Bound Syndrome of Javanese Man in Meranti District Asahan Regency with Psychological Anthropology Analysis

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    author={Puspitawati  Puspitawati and Dedi  Andriansyah and Trisni  Andayani and Nando  Lesmana and Nur Alamsyah Putra},
    title={Meso Abnormal Personality Disorders : Culture Bound Syndrome of Javanese Man in Meranti District Asahan Regency with Psychological Anthropology Analysis},
    proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Innovation in Education, Science and Culture, ICIESC 2021, 31 August 2021, Medan, North Sumatera Province, Indonesia},
    publisher={EAI},
    proceedings_a={ICIESC},
    year={2021},
    month={11},
    keywords={mesu culture bound syndrome javanese men},
    doi={10.4108/eai.31-8-2021.2313729}
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Puspitawati Puspitawati
Dedi Andriansyah
Trisni Andayani
Nando Lesmana
Nur Alamsyah Putra
Year: 2021
Meso Abnormal Personality Disorders : Culture Bound Syndrome of Javanese Man in Meranti District Asahan Regency with Psychological Anthropology Analysis
ICIESC
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.31-8-2021.2313729

Puspitawati Puspitawati¹^,*, Dedi Andriansyah¹, Trisni Andayani¹, Nando Lesmana¹, Nur Alamsyah Putra¹

1: Department of Anthropological Education, Faculty of Social Science, Universitas Negeri Medan, Indonesia

*Contact email: Puspitawati@unimed.ac.id

Abstract

This study reveals the Meso/Mesu/Kesu Abnormal Personality Disorder Culture Bound Syndrome in Javanese Men in Meranti Village, Meranti District, Asahan Regency. This study uses an ethnographic method with an Anthropological Psychology approach which is supported by life history interview techniques and observes deeply the cultural activities of the local community to find the factors that cause Meso personality disorder. Meso culture syndrome is a type of personality disorder with bad speech or cursing that occurs repeatedly and is only experienced by Javanese men in this village. The Ethics of Javanese men maintaining family and social harmonization are the one of cause this personality disorder.

Keywords: mesu culture bound syndrome javanese men

Published: 2021-11-18
Publisher: EAI

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.31-8-2021.2313729