Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: Subjective Well-Being Remaja Tionghoa Kristiani yang Orangtuanya Menganut Kepercayaan Tridharma

SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING REMAJA TIONGHOA KRISTIANI
YANG ORANGTUANYA MENGANUT
KEPERCAYAAN TRIDHARMA

Chiang Yulius Darmawan
Chr. Hari Soetjiningsih
Krismi D. Ambarwati
Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana
ABSTRAK
Masa remaja adalah masa pencarian identitas, termasuk identitas
agama. Remaja Tionghoa Indonesia memilih untuk melakukan konversi
agama, dari agama leluhur (Tridharma) ke agama Kristen. Keputusan
tersebut mendapat pertentangan dari orang tua dan menimbulkan konflik
dalam hubungan orang tua dan anak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk
mengetahui subjective well being (SWB) remaja Tionghoa Kristiani yang
orangtuanya menganut kepercayaan Tridharma. Penelitian ini menggunakan
metode kualitatif fenomenologi. Metode pengambilan data menggunakan
wawancara dan observasi. Latar penelitian berlokasi di Cirebon, Jawa Barat.
Subjek dalam penelitian ini berjumlah dua orang, dengan kriteria: berusia
remaja, beragama Kristen, berasal dari keluarga penganut Tridharma. Hasil
penelitian ini menunjukkan pertentangan akan keputusan untuk pindah

agama memengaruhi afek negatif subjek; namun pengalaman dan
pemahaman spiritual, serta perasaan berbeda ketika mengikuti ibadah di
gereja meyakinkan subjek untuk tetap memilih agama Kristen. Sekalipun
pengalaman konversi agama menimbulkan afek negatif, namun subjek juga
mengalami afek positif. Selain itu, kedua subjek penelitian mengalami
kepuasan hidup. SWB subjek penelitian ini dipengaruhi kemampuan
memecahkan masalah dan internalisasi nilai-nilai agama dan budaya.
Kata Kunci: Subjective Well Being (SWB), Tionghoa, Remaja.

SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING OF THE CHRISTIAN CHINESE
ADOLESCENTS WHO THEIR PARENTS
HAVE FAITH IN TRIDHARMA
Chiang Yulius Darmawan
Chr. Hari Soetjiningsih
Krismi D. Ambarwati
Faculty of Psychology Satya Wacana Christian University
March, 2014
ABSTRACT
The adolescence is one period to search the identity, including the
religious identity. Indonesian Chinese adolescents choose to do religious

conversion, from ancestral religion (Tridharma) to be Christian. As result,
the decision arise conflict between parents and adolescents. The research has
objectivity to know the Subjective Well Being ( SWB ) of the Christian
Chinese-Indonesian adolescents who their parents have faith in Tridharma.
This research used qualitative-phenomenology studies. The procedure of
data collection uses interviews and observation. Research place is located in
Cirebon, West Java. There are two person as subjects for this research with
the characteristic such as adolescent, Christian, their parenst have faith in
Tridharma. The results shows the conflict because of this decision
influencing the negative affective subject. Nevertheless, the experiences and
spiritual insight, also the different feeling when they come to the church, it
make they are confident to choose to be christian. However the religion
conversion experience arise the negative affection, the subject also get
positive affection. Moreover, both the subject get satisfaction. The SWB
subject of this research is influenced by the ability of problem solving and
the internalizing of religion values and culture.
Key Word: Subjective Well Being (SWB), Chinese-Indonesian,
Adolescent.