<p>Elderly women experience loneliness related to unexpected situations of partner loss (husband's death). Loneliness can have an impact on subjective well-being, life satisfaction, quality of life, mental and physical health, and even death. The purpose of this study was to describe and understand experiences related to loneliness for elderly widows. The subjects involved were 6 (six) widows due to the death of their husbands (widowed), widows of more than 1 year, and no history of psychological disorders. Methods of data collection using interviews and observation. This study resulted in the conclusion that an elderly widow can experience loneliness due to the loss of a spouse who is taken away by death. Subjective well-being and perceived life satisfaction are the results of a religious coping strategy that is effective in over­coming loneliness experienced. When feelings of losing a spouse can be overcome by religious behavior, enthusiasm for survival and re-establishing social interaction, the elderly can feel well-being and life satisfaction.</p>

Building resilience is a great necessity, especially for adolescents who have spent most of their time at home with their families and have also had to cope with the pandemic situation. Resilience ensures that they persevere, adapt, and rise to the occasion when dealing with difficult circumstances. This study aims to empirically test the role of secure attachment and mindfulness in adolescent resilience in the New Normal era. The subjects were 220 adolescents, students at junior high school in the city of Semarang, selected using the convenience sampling technique. The study is a correlational quantitative research using regression analysis. The instrument employed involved scales, namely the Secure Attachment Scale, the Mindfulness Scale, and the Resilience Scale. The results show a significant and positive relationship between secure attachment and mindfulness in relation to adolescents’ resilience in the New Normal. The results, therefore, indicate that families should emphasize the development of psychological skills in adolescents, especially resilience, across the country.

This article aimed at exploring more deeply the efforts made by teachers of early childhood education in introducing concepts of children with special needs. This article investigated the teachers' creativity in introducing concepts containing local values to children with special needs, which can support inclusive education. This study used an exploratory research model, with the aim of obtaining explanations of the relationships of causality case. The study was conducted to the teachers on early childhood education in Denpasar Bali. The subjects were determined by verifying the early childhood education institutions which had children with special needs first and this ended up with the involvement of 13 teachers from 10 early childhood education institutions in Denpasar. The data were collected through observation, directed individual and group interviews. The data were analyzed qualitatively by modifying Miles and Huberman's interactive model. The result showed that the teachers have introduced some types and characteristics of children with special needs by using tales as media and have creatively modified Balinese folktales to fit the needs.

Covid-19 pandemic impacts many changes in daily life, either in health, social, economic, and psychological context. People will be most likely to change the way they live their life every day, including in eating and working. This research aims to describe empirically how was the eating pattern and eating behavior on adults who work from home (WFH) during Covid-19 pandemic. Instruments used in this research were The Eating Pattern Questionnaire and The Eating Behavior Questionnaire, adapted from The Adult Eating Behavior Questionnaire (He, Jinbo, et.al., 2019). Total of 338 respondents (age mean = 35,13 years old; 69.8% female) from various professional backgrounds across Indonesia had completed the questionnaires. Results based on descriptive statistical analysis implied most of respondents had experience changes in eating pattern while WFH, such as: more food consumption, increased snack time, less consumption of fruit and vegetables, and less physical exercise. Changes in eating behavior, namely: 1) enjoy meal time more; 2) more excited to try new variants of food; 3) feel more uncomfortable for delayed meal-time; 4) get hungry more easily; and 5) think more about food when not busy. This research sets the foundation for regulation or intervention strategy in healthy eating behavior as a notable indicator for either nutritional and mental health status.   

Being a teacher means performing an emotional endeavor. Especially for teachers working with special needs students. This research aims to explore the emotion regulation strategies used by teachers while working with special needs students. A total of 5 individuals, special needs teachers in inclusive Islamic elementary school (Madrasah Ibtidaiyah) participated in the study. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), the emerging themes from teacher's experiences indicate that awareness and belief in emotional experiences encouraged teachers to apply emotion regulation strategies. As emotion regulation being implemented continuously, teacher's efficacy and well-being will also be developed during the process. These findings provide deeper understanding about emotion regulation as a skill that enriches teacher's emotional competencies. Thus, it needs to be developed, especially for teachers in special education or inclusive schools, not only to support children behavior and classroom management, but also teacher's well-being and mental health.