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F. Data Trustworthiness
There are several aspects in order to verify the trustworthiness of the research data. Those aspects are credibility, dependability, transferability, and conformability.
In order to gain the credibility of the data, the researcher performed a multiple checking and re-read the data to avoid errors and mistakes. As for dependability, the
researcher read the data frequently to understand the content of the story and reaching out into an independent and credible interpretation.
Transferability refers to the way a researcher transfers his findings to the readers of the study. In order to fulfill the aim of transferability, the researcher
organized the data in detail and in order so that the readers understand the findings of this study. Conformability refers to the to the experts’ judgment about the whole
analytical process of the study. It is about the accuracy between the data, the findings and also the interpretation of the data. In this research, conformability was conducted
by discussing the data with the researcher’s consultants to get the conformability of the data.
Lastly, to gain more trustworthiness for this research, the researcher used triangulation. Triangulation is a method to utilize information outside the data to
verify the data itself or to compare them. The aspects of triangulation are the sources, methods, researchers and theories. In order to conduct this triangulation, the
researcher consulted the data to his first consultant, Mr. Sugi Iswalono, M.A., and
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also the second consultant of this research, Mr. Rachmat Nurcahyo, SS, M.A. Aside from consulting his research, the researcher also performed triangulation with some
of his friends who are in the same major and also having similar topics in their research.
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CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
This chapter contains the findings of the research and the discussions of those findings. Since this research has two objectives, the findings and discussions are
divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the Frank’s identity crisis and the second part focuses on the impacts of Frank’s identity crisis.
A. Frank’s Identity Crisis : The Failure in Handling the Problems in the
Stage of Identity vs. Identity Diffusion
In the theory of Erikson’s psychosocial development, to overcome and successfully resolve the problems in each stages of life is a must. If a certain
individual gets stuck and is unable to resolve or handle the problems, those problems are likely to emerge again in the future. The psychosocial development is a fight and
that is the reason why Erikson uses the term ‘versus’ in each stage. Those who are unable to resolve the problems will suffer some consequences. The consequences
depend on what stage the certain person fails to resolve, but in most cases it is about identity crisis during adolescence period.
In this research, the focus is the main character, Frank. Frank is a young girl who is currently in her adolescence period. She has troubles in finding her real
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identity and also unable to fit into her society. It can be said that as a teenager Frank is living in a bad condition with an unhealthy mental condition and several problems.
The adolescence period is marked by Erikson as the fifth stage of psychosocial development. In this stage, the important point for the adolescence is to freely explore
hisher identity and this process is called psychosocial moratorium. As a result, the individual can obtain a healthy sense of identity and progress toward the next stage
without confronting problems or crisis. Erikson 1968: 134 mentions that adolescence is a vital regenerator in the process of social evolution. The youth can
offers a true identity of oneself with a sense of being true and accepted by the social value. As in Frank’s case, she is confronted with a problem of her psychosocial
moratorium; she is unable to identify her own identity. Psychosocial moratorium itself is followed by several problems; those are identity diffusion, identity
foreclosure and negative identity. The researcher finds some aspects that point out Frank’s failure in successfully handling the psychosocial moratorium. It can be seen
below:
1. Identity Diffusion
Identity diffusion is a condition where a certain person is unsure about his own identity. He is unable to define who he is and missing a set of beliefs and
convictions about his own identity. This is the first conflict that marks the emergence of identity crisis during the search of oneself in adolescence period. Erikson 1980:
97 states that in general identity diffusion is primarily the inability to settle on an
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