THE EFFECT OF AUDIOVISUAL EDUCATION ON ADOLESCENTS IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT DEPRESSION AND SELF-HARM

Abstract

Adolescence is called the Storm and Stress period because the emotional state of adolescents is not stable, and prone to conflict. Experiencing depression _ adolescents aged 10-14 years is estimated to occur 1.1%, while the age of 15-19 years is around 2.8%. Self-harm behavior in adolescents begins at the age of 11-15 years, and occurs in about 39,9%. The impact of depression includes smoking, suicide, drug consumption, and decreased performance, while the impact of self-harm includes disability in the body and addiction to self-harm. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent depression and self-harm with educational interventions through audiovual. This study aims to determine the effect of providing education via audiovisual on adolescents in efforts to prevent depression and self-harm. Pre experiment One group prepost test. The instruments used are CDI and SHI. The intervention consisted of 3 sessions, session 1 contained education about what depression, session 2 contained self-harm education, and finally session 3 was an example of showing illustrations of cases of adolescents and how to handle it. A sample of 70 respondents the sampling technique used is total sampling. This in-depth data analysis study used the Wilcoxon test. Results showed a p value of 0.000 (p<0.05) for depression and a p value of 0.001 (p<0.05) for self-harm. There is an influence on providing audiovisual education. The implications of this intervention can be used as a primary prevention program for health services in schools, health centers, and communities.