Nursalam, N., Efendi, F., & Fata, U. H. (2017). PEER GROUP SUPPORT INCREASE PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSES CHANGES FROM PUBLIC SERVANT IN RETIREMENT PREPARATION PHASE. Jurnal Ners, 3(2), 176-183.
Introduction: Retirement is separation process of an individual from their work that is being paid for their position or occupation. Retirement may change psychological responses. The aimed of this study was to analyze the influence of peer group support in psychological responses changes from a public servant in retirement preparation phase. Method: This study was used a queasy experimental pre-post test purposive sampling design. The population was 18 respondents who will retire on 2009 and 2010 in Mardiwaluyo General Hospital Blitar. The sample was 16 respondents divided into 8 respondents each for treatment and control group. The independent variable was peer group support and the dependent variable was psychological responses. Data were collected by using questionnaire before and after peer group support intervention. Data then analyzed by using Mann Whitney U Test and Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test with significance level ??0.05. Result: The result showed that peer group support didn’t have an influenced in denial response (p=0.301), anger response (p=0.317), bargaining response (p=0.079) and depression respond (p=0.300). Otherwise, peer group support has an influenced in acceptance response (p=0.049). Discussion: The result of this study has enlightened the importance of retirement preparation phase to provide positive psychological responses. Further studies are recommended to extend this research with considering biological and spiritual responses.
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