| Summary: | Background : Nowadays, drug abuse problem is reputed as national threat that
need to be considered together. Stress and inability to cope with life�s problems
are factors that cause a person abusing drug. Drug abuse is a crime that not only
handled by imposing criminal penalties, but also the need of medical
rehabilitation and social guidance in a special Narcotics Penitentiary. Isolated
condition, boredom, and possibility of physical violence are pervasive stressors in
prison. People should have adversity intelligence to deal with stress and problems
in daily life. Adversity quotient is the ability to solve life problems and
difficulties.
Purpose : to determine the correlation between adversity quotient and stress level
among drug abusers in the Narcotics Penitentiary Class II A Yogyakarta.
Method : this research is a quantitative analytical survey method using a crosssectional
approach. Research conducted on September untill November 2013, to
62 drug abusers in the narcotics penitentiary of Yogyakarta. The modified
Adversity Response Profile questionnaire and stress scale questionnaire. Analysis
using Pearson.
Research result : adversity quotient level of drug abusers is in moderate
level/campers (66,1%). Stress level is also in moderate level (95,2%). Statistic test
proved that there is no correlation between adversity quotient and stress level (p
value = 0,204, Pearson correlation = 0.164).
Conclusion : there is no correlation between adversity quotient and stress level
among drug abusers in the Narcotics Penitentiary Class II A Yogyakarta.
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