Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Community Development (AMCA 2018)

The Influence of Javanese Cultural Internalization on the Happiness of the Elderly

Authors
Diah Karmiyati, Sofa Amalia
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Diah Karmiyati
Available Online July 2018.
DOI
10.2991/amca-18.2018.13How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Elderly, Happiness, Javanese Cultural Values.
Abstract

Happiness of elderly could be influenced by cultural values that have been applied for generations. A cultural value strongly held by most Indonesian people, particularly the elderly, is the value of Javanese culture. The Javanese cultural values attached up to now is the principle of harmony, respect and nrima (acceptance of the existing situation). Thisstudy using quantitative method, attempt to comprehend the influence of Javanese cultural internalization on the happiness factor of the elderly.Subjects were 151 Javanese elderly, aged between 55 and 86 year, living in the region of Malang.The measurement procedureused the happiness-scales of 12 items from Seligman with the happinessaspects, such as engagement, pleasure and meaning. Another implemented scale was the Javanese cultural valuesdeveloped by Karmiyati(26 items) with some aspects of Javanese cultures, such as harmonious, respectful and nrima (acceptance of the existing situation).Research analysis used simple linear regression technique. The study result showed that there was an influence of Javanese cultural values on theelderly’shappiness (F=258.876; Sig.000). The influence of Javanese cultural values on elderly happiness was 63.5%.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Community Development (AMCA 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
July 2018
ISBN
978-94-6252-561-0
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/amca-18.2018.13How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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