Friday (4/6) the Center for Indigenous and Cultural Psychology (CICP) held the “CICP Talk: Writing Strategies for Qualitative Research” event. This event is an annual CICP event that aims to socialize the research results of researchers affiliated with CICP.
The event took place from 13.00 WIB until 15.30 WIB. Participants who attended the event amounted to 100 people consisting of students, lecturers, and researchers from various universities in Indonesia.
The two presenters of this event were Restu Tri Handoyo, Ph.D, Psikolog and Adelia Khrisna Putri, S.Psi., M.Sc. Both are lecturers at the Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada. The two presenters were also very active in researching and publishing their research results.
On this occasion Restu shared the results of his research, which was published in 2021 with the title “A qualitative exploration of stigma experience and inclusion among adults with mild to moderate intellectual disability in an Indonesian context”. Meanwhile, Adelia presented her research which was published in 2019 with the title “Indonesian faculty barriers in providing help to college students in distress”.
In the first session, Restu presented his research which focused on the experience of stigma and social inclusion in adults with intellectual disabilities in the Indonesian context. Restu is interested in doing research on this theme in his doctoral studies because there is no international publication of information about intellectual disability in Indonesia.
“When I proposed this (research plan) to my supervisor, they immediately agreed because when they googled when they were searching, they couldn’t find any information related to intellectual disability in Indonesia. So my research is still considered a novel,” explained Restu.
Restu’s research is in the form of a multi-method using thematic analysis as the research framework. In this study involving 15 respondents, Restu found four major themes, namely discrimination and poor treatment, reaction to and impact of stigma, limited social life and activity, and wish of a normal life.
“They see that there is another life, yes, the opportunity that other people who don’t have disabilities have like them, and they realize that,” said Restu.
In the second session, Adelia presented her research which explored the obstacles felt by lecturers and academic staff when they faced students who were under stress. The theme of this research was chosen because it was in accordance with his scientific interests, namely in the field of mental health, especially about suicide cases.
In this study, Adelia wanted to identify where students look for help when experiencing stress. The method used is an exploratory study using an online survey. In his research found that among those who experience stress, only about 5 percent seek professional help, while 95 percent look elsewhere, such as friends and family.
With these findings Adelia does not want to stop focusing solely on the active behavior of people with stress in seeking professional help. Furthermore, the availability of services for those who need psychological assistance is also important.
“It is as if they (stress sufferers) need to increase awareness and actively seek. But there weren’t many studies at that time trying to see, what kind of help providing actually is?” said Adelia.
In addition to explaining the results of their research, the two presenters also provided tips and suggestions in conducting research using qualitative methods. The presenters shared many interesting experiences that they got from completing scientific papers to publishing them.
In the question and answer session, participants enthusiastically asked questions about qualitative research methods or specific questions about the research themes of each presenter. The committee hopes that holding this event will further broaden the participants’ knowledge of qualitative research and motivate participants to publish their scientific works.