Hardiness of Karo Survivors Affected By Sinabung Eruption Based on Gender

摘要

Hardiness was important to know because it involves the ability to deal with stress. The purpose of this research was to know the difference of hardiness in the Karonese society due to Sinabung disaster reviewed based on gender. According to Karoness culture, role of man as a successor of the customs more dominant than women. The samples of this research were 100 man and women who lived in the camp for years. Data obtained by hardiness scale made by researcher with some changes based on theory of Kobasa (1979). Based on data analysis it was found the difference in hardiness of the Karonese survivor due to Sinabung disaster reviewed based on gender. The results of mean show that hardiness in Karonese female survivors is higher than the hardiness in Karonese male survivors. Women in Karonese society more resistant to face the problem although they are not overly dominant role in culture.