Pengaruh Coping Stress terhadap Life Satisfaction pada Generasi Sandwich

Abstract

The sandwich generation is a group of individuals who are squeezed by two burdens and responsibilities in the family which causes this group to be vulnerable to stress. This provides problems and challenges for the sandwich generation so that they have different ways of dealing with stress, this difference in the ability to manage stress can affect the level of life satisfaction in the sandwich generation. This study aims to determine the effect of coping stress on life satisfaction in the sandwich generation. This study used a quantitative approach with multiple linear regression with 122 adults with an age range of 22 to 55 years as subjects. Samples were taken by accidental sampling method. This study used a data collection method using a Likert scale, namely to measure coping stress, 50 items were used to measure coping stress by Folkman and to measure life satisfaction, 5 items were used to measure satisfaction with life scale by Diener. The research results show that the coefficient of determinant (R square) of coping stress is 0.154, this shows that life satisfaction is affected by coping stress by 15.4%. The sandwich generation which is the subject of this study tends to use problem focus coping by 0.139 affecting its life satisfaction and by 0.084 life satisfaction in the sandwich generation the subject of this study which uses emotion focus coping.