The Influence of Coastal Proximity on Mental Health in Indonesian Society

Azizah Rahman; Ahmad Sulaiman

doi:10.14710/jphtcr.v7i2.23205

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14710/jphtcr.v7i2.23205

The Influence of Coastal Proximity on Mental Health in Indonesian Society

Azizah Rahman, Ahmad Sulaiman

Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, Malang, Jawa Timur, Indonesia

Received: 9 Jun 2024; Published: 30 Aug 2024.

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Abstract

Introduction

Indonesia is currently experiencing a mental health emergency and it is potentially worsening as the increase of environmental crisis. Increasing air temperatures can increase the number of people experiencing mental disorders due to environmental stress. More importantly, Indonesia is an archipelagic country, with 70% of Indonesian people live along the coast, where this area is at the lowest point on sea level and the temperature is warmer.

Purpose

This research aimed to investigate the influence of coastal proximity on community’s mental health.

Method

This research used a quantitative comparative method with a total of 394 subjects who lived less than 1 to 60 km from the coastline. The subjects were selected using clustered random sampling. This study used the GHQ-12 scale to measure the mental health. The analysis was done by One Way Anova test.

Results

People living less than 1 km and more than 50 km from the coastline have a high level of mental health with the lowest distress levels. People living between 20 to 50 km from the coastline showed the lowest level of mental health with the highest distress scores.

Conclusion

This research concluded that the closer individuals live to the coastline, their mental health is better or higher.

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Keywords: Mental Health, Environmental Crisis, Coastal Proximity.

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