THE ROLE OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION IN HELPING EX-DRUG USERS REGAIN THEIR CONFIDENCE TO RETURN TO SOCIETY: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH
Journal Title: Asian Journal Social Sciences & Humanities - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
This study was carried out in the form of phenomenological approach. Iinterviewss were taken place in several places in Jakarta. This study also employed questionnaires to triangulate the instruments. The research is defined into two major aspects namely to know what the purpose of students to use drugs and to know how they regain confidence to return to society. To obtain a clear point of view from the participants as they have experienced the phenomenon, in-depth interviews and questionnaires were employed in this study. In-depth interviews were conducted to understand how participants experienced the phenomenon, while questionnaires were distributed to support the data gained by interviews. This study involved 9 participants for in depth interviews, namely 3 (three) ex drug users, 2 (two) parents, 2 (two) psycho-therapists to obtain information regarding the approach in handling drug users and 2 (two) police officers while the questionnaires were distributed to 30 (thirty) members of society to obtain information regarding their perception on drug abuse by students. The research proved that interpersonal communication plays a significant role in helping ex drug users regain their confidence to return to society.
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Panji Hendrarso, Baby Poernomo
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