MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY IN SDGs THROUGH THE EMPOWERING FAMILY COMMUNICATION IN PALMERAH COMMUNITY JAKARTA Z. Hidayat, Triasesiarta Nur, Fransiska A. Kusumastuti, & Debra Hidayat
Bina Nusantara University
Abstract
Sustainable development goals (SDGs) are becoming increasingly important to the attention of all stakeholders. On a micro level, every family is being faced with mental health, even though its role is essential to building family welfare and happiness. This study analyzes the mental health recoveries among adolescents, such as addiction to Internet consumption through social media, websites, games, YouTube, Netflix, and live streaming. Action research was carried out on community communities in two villages involving 22 families as participants, and each family has one to four children. Ethnography is also used to collect data from observations, interviews, and researchers who are active in the community for three months. The first step is to identify the problem and then carry out an extension and mentoring program. Researchers applied a program to improve interaction and communication patterns in families, both dyadic and group. The empowering families and community are conducted through day-to-day coaching to the adolescents to improve communication patterns and relationships between family members, increasing knowledge about communication technology^s function and strengthening cultural ties face-to-face and online. The results showed that mental health recovery loosened dependence on online games and the duration of screen chats. The community showed improved interaction and relationship patterns in family communication. Meanwhile, dimensions such as knowledge about the role of communication technology and cultural ties in the community are considered necessary by the community to improve adolescents^ mental health. Future research is also discussed concerning multi-disciplines to discuss family harmony and technology-friendliness in daily life.
Keywords: Adolescence, Internet addiction, Family Communication, Mental Health, SDGs
