Psychological Well-Being of Children Based on Spiritual Well-Being and Intensity of Playing Traditional “Dolanan”

Abstract

Well-being is the right of every child, so parents and educators have a responsibility to pay attention to the well-being of children. Based on existing studies, well-being is one of the goals in education. Psychological well-being can help children to grow positive emotions, feel happy, reduce depression, and reduce the tendency to behave negatively. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between psychological well-being, spiritual well-being, and the intensity of playing traditional “dolanan” (games). This study hypothesizes that there is a relationship between spiritual well-being and the intensity of playing traditional “dolanan” with psychological well-being. The subjects of this study were 175 elementary school students in Yogyakarta. The data collection instrument used for the three variables is a scale. Analysis of the data used is multiple regression. The results showed that there was a relationship between spiritual well-being and the intensity of playing traditional “dolanan” with psychological well-being. R-value = 0.754 with F > F table and significance < 0.05. The research concludes that children's psychological well-being can be developed through increasing spiritual well-being and traditional “dolanan”.

Keywords: Elementary school students, Psychological well-being, Spiritual well-being, Traditional “dolanan”