Hubungan Pencapaian Tugas Perkembangan Keluarga Tahap VIII (Aging Family) dengan Perilaku Pemenuhan Kebutuhan Spiritual: Sholat Pada Lansia

Abstract

Not all religious activity in the elderly can be implemented well, so there are limitations due to physical
conditions that are not strong anymore. Therefore, the family is expected to motivate and facilitate the
elderly to meet the spiritual needs so as to increase devotion elderly against God Almighty. This research
aims to analyze the relationship between eight stage (aging family) of family development task with the
behavior of spiritual fulfillment: sholat on the elderly in the Sumbersari village, Jember regency. This
research was observasional analytic using cross sectional study. Data collection was conducted in
December 2017 at 82 elderly by using cluster random sampling. The research result showed that Family
development task is reached (56.1%) and the average behavior of spiritual fulfillment: prayers 69.11.
Statistical test used the Spearman rank that indicated p-value>alpha with 0.359>0.05 which meant there
was no relation between eight stage (aging family) of family development task with the behavior of
spiritual fulfillment: prayers on the elderly in the Sumbersari village, Jember regency. Family support is
very important for the elderly, especially in carrying out the task the development of families with elderly.
However, the research result obtained family development task not have correlation on the behavior of
spiritual fulfillment: sholat in elderly, it can be affected by other factors such as the elderly have
confidence and awareness in carrying out religion activities such as sholat for the provision in the after
life.

Keywords: aging family, sholat, elderly