Bagus Takwin

• Doctor of Psychology
• University of Indonesia

This study investigates the intricate connections between relational wellbeing and individual resilience, through family and community protective factors. As such, we aim to bridge an existing gap in resilience literature by examining the elements that contribute to individual resilience from a relational perspective through a random sample of slum...

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This Data Guide on “Resilience and Wellbeing in Indonesia 2021” provides the documentation of a comparative dataset of individuals living in slum areas in three Indonesian cities that are prone to water-related disasters, such as flooding, drought and pollution. This documentation contains the research topic, theoretical framework, measurements, st...

This study explored the diversity of Muslim political attitudes by conducting a latent class analysis in the rarely investigated context of Indonesia—the largest Muslim country in the world. We surveyed a total of 1208 Indonesian Muslim participants from eight out of 33 Indonesian provinces. The latent class analysis revealed that there are six clu...

Several studies show that religion hinders concerns for the natural environment preservation. Others, however, have found that the belief in God or the identification with a particular religion is not associated with measures for environmental concerns. This study investigates the influence of religious narrative framing and the relation between Al...

Two philosophical perspectives on the good life, namely hedonic and eudaimonic, have become references for experts to explain how people understand happiness in Western societies with individualistic culture and the majority of Christians. This descriptive phenomenological study aimed to understand the happiness experiences of a collectivistic Musl...

Islam di Indonesia tidak hanya menjadi dasar aktivitas ritual agama, tetapi mulai menjadi dasar untuk mengatur kehidupan berbangsa dan bernegara. Studi ini berusaha menunjukkan peran dari totalisme Islam sebagai mediator dari hubungan antara Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) dan Right Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) terhadap sikap politik konservatif...

There is ample research supporting White’s (1967) thesis, which postulates that religion and religious belief inhibit ecological concerns. This study thus seeks to explore the relationship between individuals’ acceptability for harming animals as one representation of ecological concern (measured using Animal Issue scale (AIS)) and their religious...

The PERMA-Profiler is a well-being instrument which combines the hedonic and eudaimonic perspective of well-being. This instrument was developed based on well-being theory (Seligman, 2012) which explained well-being as a multidimensional construct, included positive emotion, engagement, relationship, meaning, and accomplishment (PERMA). This study...

This study aims to prove how kindness conducted by the group, the definition of violations and the value of doing good, can affect moral credential in the form of the leniency of punishment for corruptors. Sample 319 polices and doctors divided into two segments. This study uses a population-based survey experiment method. Participants divided into...

Self-image in general is an important part of humans. Having an ideal body shape according to the perceptions and norms that develop in society is usually a standard condition to be considered to be attractive. Self-image view is closely related to body image; mental picture of a person, cognitive and emotional assessments of himself, and approxima...

Selama masa pandemi COVID-19, tak jarang kita menyaksikan tampilnya karakteristik suka menolong pada manusia. Dalam komunitas luring mau-pun daring, berbagai aktivitas memberikan bantuan dan ajakan untuk memberikan bantuan ditam-pilkan, mulai dari memberikan donasi, membagi bahan-bahan makanan pokok, melibatkan diri dalam satuan tugas membantu para...

This experimental study examined the effects of conscientiousness and competition on group decision quality. The participants of this study (240 undergraduate students, 175 females, and 65 males) were divided into 40 groups of High-conscientiousness (HC) traits and 40 groups of Low-conscientiousness (LC) traits. Each group consisted of three people...

Objektif: Studi empiris tentang dampak ketidakhadiran anak dalam perkawinan menunjukkan hasil berbeda yang diasumsikan berkaitan dengan perbedaan arti penting anak bagi tiap pasangan. Studi ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui arti penting anak dan pengaruhnya pada perkawinan pasangan involuntary childless.Metode: Pendekatan kualitatif fenomenologi digun...

Salam sejahtera, Tahun 2020 ini merupakan tahun yang menantang bagi kita semua. Awal tahun diwarnai dengan berbagai peristiwa, diantaranya politik global yang memanas serta peristiwa alam seperti darurat kebakaran di Australia dan banjir besar yang melanda ibu kota Indonesia, Jakarta. Seakan tidak cukup, pada tahun yang sama wabah virus corona (COV...

Social curiosity has been found to have great benefits in human life, especially in fostering interpersonal relationships. Nevertheless there is indication of other benefit of social curiosity that have not yet been explored, namely overcoming the anxiety of death. This indication is based on previous research which found a positive relationship be...

Penelitian psikologi tentang tingkah laku di dunia siber (cyber), termasuk di situs jejaring sosial (seperti Facebook dan Instagram yang popularitas-nya sangat tinggi), masih sedikit—apalagi di Indonesia. Begitu pun penelitian terkait fenomena tersebut di bidang psikologi sosial juga masih kurang. Padahal, banyak isu penting yang perlu dikaji di du...

This study aims to examine the relationship of moral values formed in five moral values, harm/care, fairness/ reciprocity, ingroup/loyalty, authority/respect and purity/sanctity with the political orientation of the various Islamic organizations in Indonesia. Research carried out by the quantitative method with the correlational approach. Participa...

The purpose of the present study was to describe the effect of expressive writing on the level of one’s grief through a sequential design (expressive writing experiments for 3 consecutive days for 15 minutes each days then an analysis of the participant’s writing contents was conducted). This study used a pre-post test matching technique experiment...

On the basis of career construction theory (CCT), the authors aimed to describe mechanisms by which work may be perceived as a calling. They did so by measuring the mediation and moderation effects of job crafting and power distance orientation (PDO) within the relationship between cognitive flexibility and calling. PDO levels become essential for...

Saat individu berusaha mengatasi dampak emosional menghadapi keluarga retak, individu mencoba untuk melakukan refleksi atas peristiwa tersebut meski kadang sulit karena individu larut pada emosi negatif (ruminasi). Namun, individu juga mampu melihat pengalamannya secara adaptif dari perspektif pengamat dengan merespon tekanan dengan berjarak, sehin...

Berangkat dari latar belakang bagaimana peranan psikologi sosial dalam penyelesaian masalah-masalah di masyarakat, pada bulan April 2019, Jurnal Psikologi Sosial (JPS) dan Ikatan Psikologi Sosial (IPS) menyelenggarakan dua diskusi dengan topik “Identifikasi Kebutuhan Riset Psikologi Sosial di Indonesia”. Pertanyaan yang diajukan: Riset psikologi so...

Jurnal Psikologi Sosial (JPS) telah mengalami beberapa kali perubahan sejak pertama kali terbit. Kini, memasuki tahun ke-3 setelah bekerja sama dengan Ikatan Psikologi Sosial, JPS mengalami dua perubahan, yaitu perubahan situs web dan format jurnal. Mulai dari edisi Volume 17 Nomor 1 2019, JPS menggunakan situs web baru. Penerbitan edisi ini sekali...

Two studies were conducted aimed at identifying the dynamics which contribute to corrupt behavior. Study 1 was a correlational study of 994 senior high school students (457 males, 537 females; 426 from North Sumatera, 568 from West Kalimantan; Mage=15.93 years, SDage=1.123 years), with a data analysis technique of structural equation modelling, to...

div>Social reproduction role by women are mostly unpaid, which are done in the context of social relation within household or family. In the context of macro economy, care work for family are often overlooked, furthermore are often not being considered as productive work that contribute to the economy. This situation bring overburden to women and t...

Future predictions are meaningful for human life. This study aims to examine the effect of self-enhancement on the individual and authentic or unauthentic experiences that individuals have for predicting the future of their lives. In addition, this study is expected to enrich the literature on self-enhancement in Indonesia. This research using expe...

Corruption prevention can be more effective if it does not rely merely on legal enforcement. This theoretical review aimed to propose a hypothetical psychological model capable of explaining the behavior of corruption. Moral disengagement is a variable that is considered ontologically closest in "distance" to the variable of corruption behavior. Co...

Pada studi Self-talk as a regulatory mechanism: How you do it matters (Kross dkk., 2014) menunjukkan penggunaan nama saat melakukan strategi berbicara pada diri sendiri (self-talk) dapat digunakan sebagai mekanisme regulasi diri terhadap pemicu stres di masa depan. Namun, di Indonesia terdapat budaya yang masyarakatnya terbiasa menyebut diri dengan...

Psikologi sosial merupakan salah satu cabang keilmuan psikologi yang tidak hanya menjadi mata kuliah di fakultas Psikologi, tetapi juga di fakultas lain, khususnya yang mempelajari interaksi antarmanusia. Beragam dinamika dalam interaksi antarindividu, antarkelompok, individu dalam kelompok, pengaruh kelompok terhadap individu, hingga kondisi lingk...

Research on the personality and its correlation to happiness found that personality is a strong predictor of happiness. Further studies also reveal that high self-esteem is found to be positively correlated with happiness. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between personality and happiness and specifically to examine how the...

An understanding of the personal history of political figures and a disclosure of the social motives behind the public action of a political figure are essential to improve the quality of the citizen’s political vote. A comprehensive and balanced analysis is required in this context, and political psychology could play a pivotal role. However, in I...

Two studies were conducted aimed at identifying the dynamics which contribute to corrupt behavior. Study 1 was a correlational study of 994 senior high school students (457 males, 537 females; 426 from North Sumatera, 568 from West Kalimantan; Mage=15.93 years, SDage=1.123 years), with a data analysis technique of structural equation modelling, to...

An understanding of the personal history of political figures and a disclosure of the social motives behind the public action of a political figure are essential to improve the quality of the citizen’s political vote. A comprehensive and balanced analysis is required in this context, and political psychology could play a pivotal role. However, in I...

Eibach, Libby, and Gilovich’s (2003) experimental research suggested that people with less self-change awareness will perceive that their social worlds change more than do those who are more aware that they themselves are changing. This present review, based on two other studies, serves as a further research recommendation to expand their thesis. S...

It is questionable whether counterfeiting in many areas of life contributes to unethical behavior to a wider extent. If the notion is supported by data, then the moral damage in a society could be prevented by reducing the counterfeit self and behavior to a bare minimum. This study aimed at empirically testing the measurement model of counterfeit s...

The ability to know emotional states for large number of people is important, for example, to ensure the effectiveness of public policies. In this study, we propose a measure of happiness that can be used in large scale population that is based on the analysis of Indonesian language lexicons. Here, we incorporate human assessment of Indonesian word...

The goal of this research was to find out the role of reflection of difficult life experience towards wisdom attainment. It consisted of four stages, by using questionnaires and interviews. The questionnaires used were Wise Person Characteristic, Wisdom, Reflection, Reflection Strategy, and Difficult Life Experience Questionnaire. The participants...

The purpose of the present study is to explore the happiness indicators of the Malaysians and Indonesians. Although there have been many studies investigating happiness dimension in Western societies, relatively is known about it in the Eastern societies. A total of 202 respondents (100 Malaysians, 102 Indonesians) were asked to respond to a questi...

Big cities are characterized by their dense population, limited space, and high mobility. Past research has shown that the citizens of DKI Jakarta feel quite unhappy. Therefore it is necessary to improve the happiness (subjective well-being) level of DKI Jakarta’s population. Subjective well-being relates to how an individual self-manages his/her a...

The aim of this study was to understand the relation between principles of self-regulation and health behaviors, including which self-regulation principles used. Using three principles of self-regulation which are regulatory anticipation, regulatory reference, and regulatory focus (Higgins, Grant, & Shah, 1999) this study examined the role of those...