COPING STRATEGY PADA EKS- SANTRI BINAAN DI PONDOK PESANTREN SALAFIYAH SYAFI’IYAH SUKOREJO SITUBONDO

Abstract

This study aims to describe the coping strategies employed by students under the guidance of
the Salafiyah Syafi'iyah Sukorejo Situbondo Islamic Boarding School. The Sukorejo Islamic
Boarding School has 24,713 male and female students. This Islamic boarding school, in
addition to providing education and teaching to students, also provides guidance for students
who have behaviors that do not comply with the rules of the Islamic boarding school.
Punishment given to students reaches the level of suspension (returned to their parents).
However, the Islamic boarding school still provides opportunities by placing students under its
guidance at the Sukorejo Branch Islamic Boarding School. The sanctions received make the
students under its guidance experience difficult times and always feel guilty, so it is very
important to make efforts to overcome them. The pressure experienced, makes most of the
students under its guidance not return to continue their studies at the Sukorejo Islamic Boarding
School even though they have served the punishment of suspension at the Islamic boarding
school where they are trained. Thus, coping strategies are essential for the students under their supervision. This research employed a qualitative research method with a case study approach.
The results showed that the students engaged in both emotion-focused and problem-focused
coping strategies simultaneously. The positive impacts of these coping strategies during times
of stress and problems include acceptance of themselves and their circumstances as students
facing suspension from their fostered Islamic boarding school, improved relationships with
new people, greater adherence to Islamic boarding school regulations, positive relationships
with others and the surrounding environment, and more objective and subjective thinking.