Effective Logotherapy Improves Coping Ability in Low Self-Esteem Patients

Abstract

Introduction: Low self-esteem is a self-concept disorder in which feelings of self are negative, feel inadequate and feel that they are inferior to others. Logotherapy can affect coping abilities in people with low self-esteem. Good coping skills can affect mental health in patients with low self-esteem.

Objective: This study was to determine the effect of logotherapy on coping abilities in patients with low self-esteem.

Methods: This study used a pre-experimental design with a pretest-posttest research design. The population of this study was patients with low self-esteem. The sample in this study was 15 patients. The research instrument used an observation sheet

Results: This study describes the coping ability of HDR patients before the logotherapy treatment, it was found that some were not familiar with coping, the low self-esteem was 66.7% and after the logotherapy treatment, it was found that most of them were unable, namely as much as 20%. Mc test results. Nemar got a P value = 0.016.

Conclusion: Logotherapy is effective in improving coping skills in patients with low self-esteem. This can be a recommendation that the importance of logotherapy to increase coping in patients with low self-esteem.