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ABSTRACT
Introduction: Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that affects the
thinking, emotions, relationships, and decision-making. One of the positive
effects of treating schizophrenia in patients is family health. The family
welfare management strategies provide help for coping, care preparation,
organizing meetings, and mentoring. This study focuses on family coping
strategies for improving the health of members living with schizophrenia.
Methods: A cross-sectional design was used by choosing 160 respondents
randomly. The inclusion criteria were family members accompanying control
schizophrenia patients to the Public Health Center, with a minimum age of 18.
The independent variable was family coping, which consist of two sub-
variables (problem-focused coping mechanism and emotion-focused coping
mechanism), while the dependent variable was family health, which consists
of three sub-variables (efficient, satisfaction, and happiness). The SMART PLS
(2.0 Version) was used to prove the impact of the variables.
Results: The results indicated that family coping had a significant impact on
the health of the family. The hypothesis was taken from the value of the T-test
on the structural model analysis, which shows T- statistics (13.966) > T-
critical (1.96). The impact of family coping on the health is equal to 0.682 (OR).
This means that if family coping is given one-unit value, it will increase the
family health by 0.682 times.
Conclusion: The implementation of the family coping strategy will improve
the capacity of the family to clarify health issues encountered, resolve family
behaviors effectively and minimize risk factors. Furthermore, the coping
mechanisms chosen by families in facing stress will have an impact on the
reduction of illness symptoms in the members with schizophrenia.