ABSTRAK
Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah menginvestigasi efektivitas MulticomponentCognitive Behavioral Group Therapy (MCBGT) sebagai intervensi manajemenstres dan kesepian pada lansia di Depok. MCBGT terdiri dari delapan sesiintervensi dengan berbagai macam teknik yang berbeda pada setiap sesi. Teknikteknikyang digunakan adalah relaksasi pernapasan, relaksasi progresif,psikoedukasi, self-monitoring, action planning, pendekatan kognitif, komunikasiefektif, dan teknik pemecahan masalah. Terdapat tujuh lansia yang terdiri darienam perempuan dan satu laki laki berpartisipasi dalam penelitian ini. Metodepengumpulan data dilakukan secara kuantitatif, yaitu menggunakan alat ukur stresberupa Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ), danSubjective Units of Distress (SUD), serta secara kualitatif menggunakan observasidan juga wawancara. Pengukuran dilakukan pada sebelum dan sesudahdilaksanakan intervensi untuk menelaah perbedaan kondisi partisipan sebagaihasil dari intervensi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya penurunan tingkatstres dan kesepian pada saat sebelum dan sesudah intervensi, yangmengindikasikan bahwa intervensi secara efektif membantu peserta menanganistres dan kesepian. Efek intervensi diindikasikan lebih besar pada stresdibandingkan kesepian.

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Abstract
The aim of this research was to examine the effectiveness of stress and lonelinessmanagement using Multicomponent Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy(MCBGT) with the elderly living in Depok. There were eight sessions in whichinvolved several different techniques of MCBGT, with each session focusing onone technique. The techniques used were controlled breathing, progressiverelaxation, psychoeducation, self-monitoring, action planning, cognitive approach,effective communication, and problem-solving. There were seven elderly people,six females and one male, that participated in this research. Data collection wasthrough both quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitative method usedfour measurements such as Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Perceived StressQuestionnaire (PSQ), Subjective Units of Distress (SUD), and UCLA lonelinessscale. On the other hand, qualitative method used observation and interview tocollect additional information from participants. Pretest and posttest wereassessed in order to investigate the differences that occur on the stress andloneliness level due to MCBGT. It was found through the posttest that there weredecreased levels of stress and also loneliness. Furthermore, it is suggested throughthe research that MCBGT was more effective in dealing with stress compared toloneliness.