Training Hero for Hero: Training for Increasing The Psychological Well-Being of Citizens Abroad

Abstract

This research is an initial study aimed at digging up information on how effective the training called Hero to Hero Training is in improving the psychological well-being of Indonesian citizens abroad. Psychological well-being variable was measured using Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being scale which has been adapted into Indonesian. The research design used was a quasi-experimental pre-post test design. The treatment provided is online training. There are 33 subjects in this study and the status is not only PMI in the domestic sector. The data were analyzed using Wilcoxon and resulted in a p value of 0.002 < 0.05 so that there was a significant difference in the level of psychological well-being of the participants after attending the training.


Keywords: Indonesian Workers, Indonesian Migrant Workers Abroad

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